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All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... domestic product) in early 2013, everything being equal, but it can be mitigated by an aggressive RBA," I shut up and listen. Ahhh... but did you see it? Right there on there on the quote above - "everything being equal". This is the classic 'out of ...

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... at peace as there were wars... all to no avail. But they never had any lasting impact on economies or financial markets. Ahhh... I only they listened to John Lennon more: "Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And ...

Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... and their seemingly never-ending negotiations with their benefactors - the IMF, the EU, the ECB... and private creditors. Ahhh, but it would end soon enough. One way or the other, demands and contra-demands would come to a compromise else Greece would ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... be more spooked off their pants? Better the financial press use the indications from the latest update on US retail sales. Ahhh... but this too could be spun depending on which way the stock indices performed. Dow down because US retail sales increased ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ahhh, finally some peace. Given Wall Street's straight gains over these past three trading days, many could be forgiven for wondering what just happened last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... central bank staff - and we only have to pay it peanuts. So I really can't understand this exaggerated focus on the CPI. Ahhh., because only last week the RBA July meeting minutes expressed that, "...the CPI outcome for the June quarter... would be important ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... monetary policies to stoke growth that would increase company profits, generate employment, spur more spending and so on. Ahhh, it really is May. Should have gone away. Oh well, might as well grab a few bargains while I'm here.

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... rates given that six increases in the reserve requirement ratio this year has not been able to slow activity in the country. Ahhh, the fallacy of concluding based on individual parts. Hasn't Reuters read John Godfrey Saxe's poem "Blind Men and the Elephant"? ...