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Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... apocalyptic prophets say was coming on 21-12-2012 based on their interpretation of the Mayan calendar. Guess what? You, I, Irene and the whole of human and animal kind made it through 22-12-2012. We didn't go the way of the dinosaurs! We celebrated Christmas ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... again! Wall Street back to worrying about the cliff... again! Yes Virginia, this is another I told you so moment. You, I and Irene expected these to happen all along: We won't have closure on that US$607 billion fiscal cliff until the last minute (yes ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... anybody heard about the US fiscal cliff? Of course everybody has. Nobody can miss it even if they try. Not you, not I, not Irene. Yes, not you too Virginia. It's all over... everywhere. Not when that cliff is used to explain the daily movements on Wall ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... estimates for natural disasters have sometimes proved too low in the past. For instance, the damage from Tropical Storm Irene was about twice as large as the initial estimates had suggested, and the damage from Hurricane Katrina was about four times ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... country's regions, or that the Bank of Japan is set to lower its growth outlook (again) next week. Never mind them, you, I and Irene always knew this. It's the earnings surprises that getting the equity markets' goose and giving investors goosebumps ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... as did 27 of the 38 companies in the S&P 500 that have already reported so far (according to Bloomberg). But you, I and Irene already anticipated this - with earnings expectations so low, chances of an upside surprise are high. There's more better than ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... tell me, which ones of these forecasts, predictions and premonitions didn't we know at the start of 2012? Heck, you, I and Irene were expecting much worse, were we not? We were expecting the Eurozone to be no more, or at the very least a slimmer version ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... state of suspended animation until things become as clear as a bright, bright sun shiny day. The QE's - the one you, I and Irene believed would lead us into temptation to buy risk assets, spend on consumerables and invest in equipments, structures and ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... markets are not fully convinced. They remain on the defensive. What's that something? The bond market, that's what. You, I and Irene know too well about investors - seeking the return OF their capital - flocking into US Treasuries, sending yields on ...