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Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... been here before only last February when the same rumours, speculations and rumours of speculations ran rampant...until Uncle Ben reminded everyone that stimulation would remain until the unemployment rate reaches 6.5% and the inflation rate doesn't ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... equities until the cows come home to roost (oops, metaphor mix up again). But that's missing the point. The point is Uncle Ben's QE experiment is working as intended - to encourage investors into riskier assets. It's working so well Big Ben has now convinced ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... turnover, but you...what was in it for you? If only you tattooed on your foreheadthe general macro theme ever since Uncle Ben set QE3 a-sailing last 13 September -- bad news is good news in terms of Fed policy and good news is well...good news. You could ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... Wall Street unperturbed. No siree. Last night, the Dow and the S&P 500 got going from the get go without looking back. Uncle Ben has learnt his lesson enough - not only because he's renowned for being a scholar of the Great depression but also after ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... US$75 billion monthly shopping spree for JGBs until deflation is defeated. While the actual dollar amount is lower than Uncle Ben's US$85 monthly purchases, it's less than half the BOJ's largesse relative to the size of their respective economies. If ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... "don't fight the Fed". No, you wouldn't want that -- not when Super Mario "whatever it takes" Draghi's fighting alongside Uncle Ben. It's because of him that benchmark bond yields in the PIS - Portugal, Ireland, Spain - actually dropped over Q1. Despite ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. Just imagine if suddenly...Uncle Ben comes out of the wild blue yonder with a declaration that the Fed would ensure that all's well. Bears being bears, our dear ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... of this into "skyfall" (Finally, I got the chance to use this word). If only its markets were still open to hear what Uncle Ben had to say. As eloquently written in Reuters: "Investors are fearful that the strength of the vote for anti-austerity parties ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... pointing to more spending ahead. And in case, for whatever reason, the US economy continues to slide, there's always Uncle Ben we can count on. The markets may look like they have run ahead of fundamentals... but the fundamentals are fast catching up. ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
This is it folks. This week's the week when we find out whether or not dear Uncle Ben would be donning a cape and wearing his underwear outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at ...