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Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... a hope and a prayer that maybe, just maybe, the central banks would print more dough. We all know the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ all did - they answered the markets' prayers. Still, there were unbelievers (hello Stuart my friend) pointing to still weak ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, with Tokyo rebounding from the previous day's losses as dealers welcomed the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) latest stimulus push. Trade was thin on Wednesday, with Wall Street closed for a second day as superstorm Sandy hit New ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... rising German unemployment. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets have closed mixed but Tokyo closed lower after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced monetary easing that was only slightly bigger than market forecasts and cut its growth outlook. With US markets ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... last month. This should give the Bank of England breathing space if and when it decides to follow the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ down the quantitative easing path. The good news out of Europa doesn't stop here folks. ZEW Center for European Economic Research ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... role as friends and partners, offer assistance and support." All these treats even before the Fed's QE3, the ECB's OMTs, the BOJ's APPs and recent interest rate reductions in Australia, Brazil and South Korea have fully work their way down through the ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... up, it was a joke. But on a more serious note, I think the recent round of quantitative easing from the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ, along with the IMF, the ADB and the WB's downgrade to the global outlook, has increased the odds that the RBA would deliver ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... downgrade India's credit rating to below investment grade. Just as failure is not an option for the Fed and the ECB and the BOJ and the...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... The US dollar and euro held on to recent gains against the yen on talk of another round of stimulus by the Bank of Japan (BoJ). Hong Kong, which was returning after a two-day holiday, rose 0.23 per cent, or 47.90 points, to 20,888.28. Tokyo fell 0.45 ...