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Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
They love him, they love him not. This is what the financial markets' two-day love-in with Big Ben Bernanke appears to be indicating -- loved one day, ignored the next. Yes Virginia, although there's nothing new between his comments he made at the Woodrow ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
"My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific." This is the future according to Ben. Spoken like a real trooper. With these words, Big Ben appears to have calmed financial markets - equity and commodity markets rose ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Dear Abby, I have a confession to make...I think I'm losing my horns and my tail is growing shorter. My body is slowly being covered with fur, what used to be hooves are now claws and I am getting an unusual craving for honey. OMG! I think I'm turning ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
Ok, ok...there's no defending the indefensible, so I wouldn't even try. Now you know what happens when hype meets reality. The S&P 500 index plummeted by 3.44 per cent when "great expectations" on the US jobs front turned out to be a "great disappointment". ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Is this the moment of truth? Is this the thing that'll shoo the residual bears -- that still loiter the streets of the financial markets - back into a long period of hibernation? Is this the one that could finally convince one and all that we are indeed ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
The bulls beat the bears in the continuing tug-of-war for the hearts and minds of investors and speculators everywhere. Shucks! Just when I was already beginning to question the strength of my own positive conviction -- that perhaps there are just way ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
"I've got chills, they're multiplying. And I'm losing control..." Grease. With European sovereign debt crisis still dangling over their heads like a "Damocles sword" - hey, isn't he Greek? - financial markets are again presented another source of worry. ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Careful...careful. All eyes will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today as it deliberates on whether or not to shift interest rates - up or down -- in the country. By merely looking at Australia's domestic economic fundamentals, there are arguments ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
It's a wrap! Once again, the age-old adage "sell in May then go away" re-asserted itself in 2010. It may be the "Year of the Tiger" in the Chinese calendar but for financial markets May is easily the "Month of the PIGS". With only one trading day to ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Lies, damned lies! This was China's response to a Financial Times report that its State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) met with foreign bankers to discuss reviewing its holdings of Eurozone bonds. SAFE manages Beijing's US$2.4 trillion worth ...