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When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Greek ruins. Oh no, not another Greek metaphor! Yes Virginia, you and I and many others are perhaps sick in the stomach - or sick in the head? - of all the Greek metaphors that has sprung up since the potential for a Greek debt default made the ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
We knew 2010 would be challenging, but not this way. Not like this. Yes Virginia, we agreed that 2010 would be challenging. We thought it would be challenging because America would experience turtle-paced economic growth at best. We thought it would ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... in each case the FOMC waited two and a half to three years before we started our tightening campaign." Thank you. Yes Virginia, you and I should give thanks for all these. Our retirement nest egg is growing again. Everything is falling in their rightful ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... agency debt - this was reduced from US$200 billion in the September meeting -- through to the first quarter of 2010. Yes Virginia, the Fed's got our back. There is nothing to fear. Buy, buy...and buy some more. The Fed is inflating and it will continue ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... its own, the word 'cautiously' in the 'cautiously optimistic' is fast disappearing in many an investment advice. Yes Virginia, the world has changed from a year ago. Tomorrow marks the first anniversary when Lehman Brothers became no more. Just as only ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... Reserve Bank of Australia's next policy move. Speaking of which, there are also side bets about the size of the move. Yes Virginia, Australia is back to normal again. Financial markets are scouring every economic report coming their way to divine what ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... of least resistance is to give in, raise the white flag and go on holiday. A self-fulfilling prophecy if you will. Yes Virginia, like you and I and most other living organisms - traders need a break from trading, speculators need a break from speculating ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... jumped by 3.6 per cent in June - the fifth straight month of gains - to stand 9.2 per cent higher than a year ago. Yes Virginia, it would be like this for some time in the US while it digs itself out of the hole it blew itself - and the rest of the world ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... interest rates and withdraw the trillions of freshly minted dollars in the system, it will not until the coast is clear. Yes Virginia, I too, can spin a bearish scenario. But do I believe it? Certainly not. I've been here before and it is easy - very ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... produce a zero year-on-year return. Good luck! Perhaps it's better betting on tonight's A$90 million OZ Lotto draw. Yes Virginia, expect another superannuation statement detailing your losses for the 2008/2009 financial year. The good news is that optimism ...