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The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Let's not forget there is a fiscal cliff in the US. Let's not forget geopolitics is heating up in Iran again." You, I and Irene know how... it's because of that carrot dangling in front of our faces, that eternal hope, that promise of a QE. But if you ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... idealista.com has now resorted to sex ads to sell property. Yes the bad news are still with us Virginia. But you, I and Irene already know this. Heck, we're even contemplating total annihilation of the euro some months back and a crash landing in China ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... carried away with James Ingram's tune. Though seriously, the financial market world is back to where it was before you, I and Irene were pleasantly interrupted by carrots dangled in front of our noses by the Fed and the most especially, Signor Draghi. ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... because the jobs numbers weren't disappointing enough to prod the Fed to unleash QE3. It merely confirms what you, I and Irene - and oh, Uncle Ben too - know last month and the months before. That US economic growth remains on the slow lane - it isn't ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... yet, if you look at the fear index, it's only at a little above 20 points - below the near 27 reading when you and I and Irene were waiting for which way the Greeks will vote earlier this month. This indicates that these bad news bears are already priced ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... increase the IMF's firewall protection fund by US$430 billion as announced last April. All good except that while you and I and Irene were transfixed with the goings-on in Europe, recent stats show that the BRICs may also be about to hit the wall. The ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... vicious vortex and perhaps, altogether drain the Eurozone's will to live as a single region. Then all bets are off. You, I and Irene would know for sure in three days time. However, although financial markets are expected to rally should Greece's pro-bailout ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... Dow just give us one big dive - such as the 22.6% one-day drop on that Black Monday of October 1987 - and put you, I and Irene out of our misery? The answer my friends is because the more equities drop, the more we get closer to "if it becomes necessary" ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... Germany is - or at least while Frau Merkel sits on government - not blinking. No austerity, no more dough. So now, you, I and Irene and our dogs are playing the guessing game while the Germans and the Greeks play their game of chicken. Who'll be the ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... the way to Eureka - the day they, themselves, realise that's what they want to do. But where does this leave you, I and Irene in the meantime? Guess, we'll have to stay out of Europe while we wait for Europe to sort itself out. You don't want to be left ...