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Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... headlines, markets suffer a case of the jitters. When they do, they begin hoping that a QE fix would soon be in the offing. Homer (the cartoon, not the Greek epic poet and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey) is again proven correct when he mused, "What's ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
"I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" -Homer Simpson I have to give it to Homer. He cut to the chase and burped out what every economist and financial market expert are afraid to admit these days - that we simply don't know. Ergo (sounds sophisticated ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... lesson is, never try." "But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder." Thanks Homer.

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Mmm...bargains In the words of Homer (Simpson, that is, "mmmm...bargains!" September's curse is in full swing. Wall Street dipped again last night. Why? Please explain? If you believe the spin, it was because stocks are overvalued, the US recovery would ...

No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... meat, I would say Yo Goober! Where's the meat? I'm trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.' Homer Simpson. Equity investors who came to US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's bank bail-out barbecue found Goober was serving ...
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