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Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
"Upside down Boy, you turn me Inside out And round and round..." - Upside Down, Diana Ross If there's any observation that can be made about Wall Street's movement overnight, it is that investor sentiment remains fragile. Just when financial markets ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Super US consumer to the rescue! Technical rebound. Oversold levels. Buying on dips. Call it whatever you want, the fact is that Wall Street rose from the ashes of a deep 3 per cent-plus slump last night to close ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." - Chumbawamba Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? You know what I'm talking about. Correct! Last week's financial market ups, downs, twists and turns. Five days of ...

Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
"Aaahh Freak out! Le Freak, c'est Chic." (Le Freak, Chic) Had it not been for the already jittery mood in the financial markets, Wall Street would have ignored last night's not so good economic news. The S&P 500 index recorded its biggest drop in more ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
If you can't beat 'em, regulate 'em... again. The Germans must have been standing too close to the euro kitchen that they could no longer bear the heat. After all, them Deutsche -- more than any other Eurozone-member nation -- have much at stake and ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Hang on to your hats... volatility has returned. We're in trouble again! And you know we're in trouble if that metal whose main use is to adorn the ears, noses, fingers and arms -- and for some, even unmentionable parts of the body -- starts making ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
Shocked maybe...but not awed. The recent financial market movements -- yes, those downs... then ups... then downs -- we've seen this week immediately before and after the European Union's announcement of a 750 billion bail out package indicate that ...