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December taper, pants on fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... had been busy bodies expanding their money supply since the global financial crisis. Why do you think they're doing that? Yep, to put more liquidity in the system and bring down borrowing costs so people start spending and investing and hiring again. ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... turtle to shame. This compares with growth of 1.3% in the second quarter (the improving part) and expectations for a 1.9% gain (yep, the 'better-than-expected' portion). According to the BEA, "The increase in real GDP in the third quarter primarily reflected ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... magazine scoop that the ECB plans to buy government bonds to place a cap on yields to a pre-set premium over German bunds. Yep, you know where there is going, don't you? Nowhere. And we're likely to get more of these European tits and tats until the ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... any good news anywhere any day. But this is just asking for a Darryl "The Castle" Kerrigan quote, "tell him he's dreaming." Yep sure, two swallows make a spring. Admittedly, last night's data releases out of America makes for comforting reading. US durable ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... European recession and slow global growth with downside risks. Priced in. Chinese property bubble burst and hard landing. Yep, it's there. But don't take my word for it. Even our very own RBA is positioned for these. In the minutes of its 6 December ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... longer AAA for the first time in 70 years. But at the same time, we also saw investors pouring funds into US Treasuries - yep those credit instruments that S&P has just marked as less creditworthy. Yes, there were worse-than-expected economic stats coming ...