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Grinch vs Santa

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... line on closings over the past few days. It's conflicted. It doesn't know which way to jump. In keeping up with our Christmas theme, it's torn between Santa and the Grinch. The US dollar has risen for three days running. We know from recent observation ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... and exempt all estate wealth under US$5 million from the 35 per cent estate taxes. Santa Obama is stuffing everyone's Christmas stockings - already stuffed with Santa BB's QE2 -- with more goodies. 'Tis really is the season to be jolly! Well... perhaps ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... wonderland." -- Composed by Felix Bernard, sang by everybody Yes Virgie, even the financial markets appear to be on a Christmas carolling mood these days. "Gone away is the bluebird." Last week's market activity saw Christmas prevail over Scrooge's early ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la" "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Ev'rywhere you go." Please excuse my cheerful mood. I've been singing these tunes since last night when first I read the ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... serenading Beijing with "You raise me up" would soon be over. It's looking a lot like it's going to be a "bah humbug" of a Christmas when bulls are roasted on an open fire. Sure looks like it and worse if you extrapolate current fears into the future. ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... to be made public in mid 2011. "You should expect to hear resolution on where some of these things are going before Christmas or early in the New Year," he said. The revelation that opt in was, from the perspective of Treasury, a fait accompli, drew ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... measures to protect their economies from the negative repercussions of a weakening US dollar caused by the Fed's early Christmas present of US$600 billion. And yesterday, China's Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. lowered America's credit rating to A+ from ...

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... overnight reported that the US Federal Reserve has canvassed bond investors and dealers what they want for an early Christmas. The Fed survey sought these respondents' projections on how large the central bank's asset purchases should be over the next ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... one week from now, all these shall pass. Exactly one week from now, financial markets would be unwrapping their early Christmas present from the US Federal Reserve. And as with any present, there would either be so much glee or great disappointment. ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial markets believe. The only question ...