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Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics (TIPP) ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... has lessened fear, as depicted by the sharp fall in the VIX index from a 5-month high of 22.51 heading into the US presidential elections to 12.85 (the lowest since September) at the close of trade last week. The S&P 500 index rebounded in the two weeks ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... Putin, the majority of world leaders didn't wish for Trump. So far away from Good Friday, they would have crucified US presidential "candidate" Donald Trump (if that was legal). In mid-January, the British Parliament even held a debate on whether or ...

The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... As Tinker said: "In some senses we have to question whether or not it is worth writing anything so close to the US presidential election. [Once the results are announced], everything will be settled. Except, of course, that it won't be." "For whatever ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... October. US NFIB small business optimism Small businesses in America seemed unfazed by the uncertainty of the US presidential elections and the rising prospect for a Fed rate hike. The NFIB small business optimism index rose to 94.9 on October from 94.1 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". Tomorrow's US presidential elections aside, the latest LMCI is not supportive of a Fed rate hike next month. As a matter of interest, the LMCI ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... Murphy's Law - if anything could go wrong, it will. While it still looks like a coin toss two-days before the US Presidential contest, the "game" according to Trump is: "Heads, Trump wins; Tails, Clinton loses" because Trump would only accept the election ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... uncertainty? The hope is that all these will be behind us next week after the victor or victoria of the 8 November US Presidential elections is revealed. Then again, uncertainty could be more prolonged. Email-gate would continue to haunt a Hillary presidency ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... Mester who said that the case for a November rate hike is "live" and "compelling" and that politics (8 November US presidential elections) won't have a bearing on the decision. Sure, sure. Yes, and it seems that financial markets are not buying what ...

Bremorsing and Bregretting Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... AMERICANS ARE DUMBER" - yup, in all caps! As an aside, the Brits might be able to reclaim their claim come November's US presidential elections. But back to the point, Brexiteers' feeling of Bremorse and Bregret are evident in the freshly-filed petition ...