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All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... its doors in October this year and already, they came and are coming... in droves... from New York to Rio and old London town (sorry, NY's ego's still in the way). The good news is that unlike the IMF and the ADB - which you read about mainly when economic ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... world, come on." -- Kool & the Gang Oh yes, yes, yo Virginia, most major equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town went into the weekend celebrating their pretty gains for the week and 2015 to date. That's really something to write home ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... know for sure. No doubt financial markets and central bankers and fiscal authorities from New York to Rio and old London town are on high alert. But methinks none could be higher on the alert scale than the European Central Bank (ECB). Yes, them - the ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... Oh no! Bloody Vlad's back! Wall Street and the rest of 'em equity markets flashed red from New York to Rio and old London town as geo-political risks resurfaced following reports of Russian 'incursion' into Ukraine. That's if you believe this morning's ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town finished the month in the green. Movin' on up. The S&P 500 index finished May 2.1% on the up (to a new record high); the Stoxx ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... financial markets' nerves but sent them singing and dancing hallelujah! Stock markets from New York to Rio and old London town went higher punctuated by the Dow and the S&P 500 closing at new record highs. US bond yields and the US dollar fell (and the ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Not with the trashing the equity markets, the bond markets and the commodity markets -- from New York to Rio and old London town - are getting right here, right now. My oh my, after all that arduous work - mainly at the printing press -- it appears that ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
"Bye, bye miss American pie..." and pastries from Japan and China. Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town dropped like flies over the past 24 hours. It would have been easy to put this down to the usual garden variety correction were ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... (down 1.2%) and Thursday (down 0.6%) last week that, in turn, sent other stock markets from New York to Rio and old London town a-tumblin' down. All because markets thought that the Fed was thinking of unwinding its policy accommodation soon. And then... ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 3.2%. This year, it looks like it's the others who have become greedy. Most stock markets from New York to Rio and old London town showed positive performances at the end of the first month of the New Year. Time to be fearful? These, despite yesterday's ...