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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" ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic 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 ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... in the thick of protests for regime change. Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. It's therefore perfectly sane for financial markets to seek cover in defensive assets until the desert storm passes. The Jasmine Revolution did not stop ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... underestimated and that the corporate bond market has improved in 2009. Perhaps we are living in a world of fools, where the sane man is the fool, the idiot and worse, the pauper. Remember the Bee Gees? 'Cause we're living in a world of fools, breaking ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... underestimated and that the corporate bond market has improved in 2009. Perhaps we are living in a world of fools, where the sane man is the fool, the idiot and worse, the pauper. Remember the Bee Gees? 'Cause we're living in a world of fools, breaking ...
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