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Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." (Jaws 2) Yes, Virginia...just when financial markets looked like they're finally getting used to the idea that Greece - for all its foibles - would not be left in ruins, Fitch comes along ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Wall Street must have gotten up on the right side of the bed today. Well the Dow has been in 10 of the past 11 trading days. But last night, it was more cheerful. The pace of the Dow's upward march nearly doubled - closing almost 1 per cent higher on ...

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Now we've seen it all! It's all over the headlines. A handful of US corporates are deemed better able to pay their debt than the US government! Bloomberg reports that bonds offered by Berkshire Hathaway, Proctor and Gamble, Johnson and Johnson and Lowe's ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Down day, up week. This was Wall Street's performance lat Friday and over the pass five trading days. And since the Australian equity market "almost" always marches to the beat of Wall Street's drum, market observers/forecasters guessing that it would ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
The current US engagement with China might make Americans feel good but the consequences could be nasty. Last night's reports provide further evidence that the US economy continues to expand - without putting upward pressure on inflation. Improving. ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
America is zeroing in on China's weapon of mass destruction - the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Fed feeds equity market fervour. If you look at today's headlines, this is the message the various financial news services are trying to convey. "Wall St ends on 17-month high as rates hold" was Reuters' headline. Bloomberg had "U.S. Stocks Rise as ...

Wen has spoken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
"Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it." How often have we heard this - and variation of this -- "wise saying" before? Many, many, many times. But for financial markets, remembering history on the second week of March 2010 has ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Directionless...is the word that could be applied to equity markets as we head for the end of this week's trading. Global equities were of course taking their cue from the global trend-setter that is Wall Street. As at last night - after four days of ...