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Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Hehe. Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Pardon my French, Virginia. Some of the headlines made me do it. The headlines that say Wall Street's up because of easing tensions in the Ukraine and... "improving outlook for the biggest economy" (you know who you ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The verdict is in, Crimeans have decided... what now? Surprise of surprises Virginia! Exit polls following Sunday's Crimean referendum showed that 93% of voters voted to secede from Ukraine and return to Russia with love. Ukraine's new government, Europe ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... so many iterations about China, Russia/Ukraine/US, Euro deflationary threat and Japanese consumption tax threat. Yes Virginia, the RBNZ exited the club - the record low interest rates developed nations' club - this morning with its decision to raise ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed for a certain slowdown, perhaps even a hard landing. That's ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Ho-hum. This is how I felt early Saturday morning (or was it afternoon?). No Virginia, it wasn't because I had one drink too many the night before - still, I invoke my right to remain silent. 'Twas because that all-important, that mother of all eco ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... charts Adam used to back up his forecast... and they looked oh so convincibable. Wanna look? Look here. But worry not Virginia, the dollar-A would only be facing a "benign collapse". A near 27% fall from the current exchange of about US$0.90 and he calls ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The week that was looked exactly like the week before that was. Yes Virginia, financial market sentiment remains upbeat for what is good is good and what is bad, what is disappointing, what is negative is "likely affected by the weather". Blame the ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... say that the markets what they want to see and hear what they want to hear... and if they don't, they make excuses. Yes Virginia, excuses, excuses. It's the weather. Of course, there would have been a lot more Americans working had the deep freeze not ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... flashing that trademark Irish colour and the colour of American money - green. We all know what green means, don't we Virginia? Go, go, go. Go a-shopping... because the US economy is going. At least that's the interpretation markets gave to the greater ...