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Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Here we go, here we go, here we go. It is that time of the month again when Australia's soothsayers sing a familiar refrain, 'we are doomed.' I of course refer to the Australian Labour Force Report which will be released by the Australian Bureau of ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
I'll keep the change, thank you. With these words, the National Australia Bank hammered home the point of one of the G20 protesters' slogans, 'Bankers, rhyme with ?' Yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to reduce the official ...

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Oh no! Not another bear market rally. While we were sleeping, Wall Street stumbled again overnight. After four weeks of consecutive gains, Wall Street took a breather last night and gave back a little of its previous gains. Yes, you read it right - ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
What a week...what a wonderful week! Most equity markets - from New York to Rio and Old London town - greeted the early buds of the Northern Hemisphere Spring with spring on their steps. Wall Street - as many others - marked their fourth straight week ...

GFC Problem solved

... with our relatively stronger economy, our leverage (not in the dirty sense) to commodity prices - and its equity market. Benjamin Ong Do you want access to Ben Ong's monthly and quarterly economic reviews? Click here for more info.

Make love not leverage

... up with a concerted plan of action and walk their talk. Until then, there will be protesters shouting, 'Bankers are ?' Benjamin Ong Do you want access to Ben Ong's monthly and quarterly economic reviews? Click here for more info.

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
My forecasts are gloomier than yours! The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Crrr...unch! That's the sound of General Motors and Chrysler getting closer to becoming junk as the US government asks them to go back to the drawing board. The greed of missing out on the budding equity market rally was quickly replaced by fear of ...

Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
So it was written, so it was. No more bonuses. Taxpayers hate that. The government threatens to regulate against that. Hmmm...what can we do? Last Friday, I wrote about the futility of introducing new regulations to ensure that the current global financial ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
True to script, history has not failed us. Like in most episodes following widespread market upheavals, increased regulation makes a comeback for an encore. Taking advantage of the global disgust at the rapid erosion of wealth caused by 'inventive' ...