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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets surged after the US Federal Reserve said it would unleash a huge open-ended bond-buying programme aimed at jumpstarting growth and boosting jobs in the world's largest economy. Tokyo shares rose 1.83 per cent, or 164.24 ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... sans QE. But back to the point. As we discussed yesterday, if Big Ben ever needed reasons to launch another stimulus programme, he's got them now - employment growth is decelerating, the ISM manufacturing index is trending lower, and just last night ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario announced an open-ended bond buying programme which, henceforth, shall be known as "Outright Monetary Transactions" (OMT). Gauging from the markets' reaction - the S&P 500 ...

Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... America's way at year's end. As The Economist magazine eloquently put it: "... by extending the expiration date of the programme to December 31st, the Fed accentuates the stimulus withdrawal syndrome scheduled to begin on that date. The Bush tax cuts ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
The Australian share market remained in negative territory in intra-day trading, with most sectors falling into the red and investors digesting weak retail trade data. Reports that China's government may not repeat its massive 2008 stimulus package ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... This, my friends, is also a replay of its move only two months ago when it added 10 trillion to its asset purchases programme last February. And then there's tomorrow. For tomorrow, the Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to some walking the ...