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Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Trick or treat? Trick or treat? Will Halloween steal Christmas away from Wall Street? It appears so given the stumble on Wall Street and most major equity markets around the world last week - sending their early October gains down the gurgler. Wall ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Three cheers for the US economy! Hip, hip...hooray! Hip, hip...hooray! Hip, hip... Last night it became official - the US economy was reborn, growing by a better-than-expected 3.5 per cent annualised in the third quarter. Note that I didn't say out ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
Let's leave hard US economic data aside for today. There's not so much we can gather from them these days anyway and perhaps for a few more months to come. Yes, Virginia. The economic numbers have become boring. Day after day, month after month, we ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
Ho hum. Another day, another boring day on Wall Street. Maybe there's more action in the north across its border. The usual suspects were in attendance to provide a semblance of market action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Dow's hold on that elusive 10K-point mark remains elusive. Perhaps it is the consensus' way of affirming that, indeed, the market has run ahead of itself. Wall Street slid further overnight with the Dow slipping further below the 10K mark despite ...

Pushing on a string

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009

What China wants China gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
"I want 8.0 per cent or better economic growth this year!" When the Chinese central government issues this request, its subjects only asks, "do you want fries with that?" Sinoland is not called a centrally planned economy for nothing. Early in 2009 ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Sucked in...again! Who was? Is? Will be? As the Dow Jones Industrials Index flips and flops on both side of the 10K divide, talk of a 'sucker's rally' have resurfaced. But it could also easily be a 'sucker's correction.' Readers who have been following ...

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Two major Australian events are fast approaching - Melbourne Cup Day and the RBA Board meeting. With two weeks to go till 3 November, punters are already eagerly punting on either Viewed or Efficient to win and the RBA to lift interest rates by 25 or ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Head fake. So which one is the head fake? The Dow climbing past 10,000 or the Dow sinking below 10K? Over the past three trading days, the Dow has been playing seesaw on the 10,000 fulcrum -- over 10K Thursday, under 10K Friday, over 10K Monday. To ...