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Sell dollars to buy stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... the US currency lower that catapults stocks higher. Thud! Thud! Thud! Unless it is pure speculation or dare I say it -- a bubble -- stock markets go up when the economy is humming along nicely. This means consumers are buying what businesses are producing ...

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... maintain their export market like cheap credit and import barriers to preserve economic growth at home. These created a bubble in Japanese assets. Remember the time when the Imperial Palace was thought to be worth more than California? Remember when ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned. Allan Conway, global head of emerging ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... But how long could the Fed and the US government continue to underwrite the rise in stock prices without creating another bubble that later on pops not only on their faces but on everyone else's? Because all the while that the Fed and Uncle Sam are re-liquifying ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Steady as she goes! The US Federal Reserve maintained its course as it tries to guide the US economy out of stormy waters. There we have it Virginia, the much-awaited, much speculated US Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting produced nada. By ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... seen this all before. It first breached 10K back in March 1999 during the heydays that was later to be known as the dotcom bubble. It generally traded sideways after reaching as high as 11,722.98 points on the 14th of January of the following year. On ...

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 ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... Investors should be wary of the overexuberance in the secondary private equity markets as it could mirror the mega buyout bubble of 2007, according to new Watson Wyatt research. A new paper from Watson Wyatt noted that an anticipated supply-demand imbalance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... have to be carful how they do it. If they leave it for later, there will be a bit more data... but we don't want a housing bubble. "If rates are on hold, there could be a short term up-turn." The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1015.50 per fine ounce ...

The long and short of bulls and bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... years time). Great Bibster (GB) added his two cents worth, "I am more of a bull, with momentum to win out and the next bubble to start building." After a few more pings and pongs we concluded that our disagreement really boils down to our time horizons ...