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Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... economy -- has jumped above 50 (51.5) in September from 49.6 in the previous month. And that's even before the Fed, ECB and BOJ's QEs have had enough time to work their way into the real economy. Green shoots anyone?

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... (MarketWatch) Looks like we've come full circle folks -- back to where we were before the ECB's OMTs, the Fed's QE3 and the BOJ's APP. But if history is any guide, we just need to be patient a few more days. Wall Street didn't immediately take off after ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The stars appear to be aligning for those calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
With three of the world's biggest central banks - The Fed, the ECB and the BOJ - flooding the world with money, financial markets are still digesting what this all means. The "will they, won't they" do a QE question had been answered. They did. Now ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... was 0.59 per cent higher at 7,390.76 points. In Paris the CAC 40 gained 0.54 per cent to 3,531.82 points. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced after a two-day policy meeting it would boost an asset-purchasing fund by 10 trillion yen ($A122.98 billion) to ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... it's the calm before the storm and it's only the hope, the prayer and the wish that the Fed and the ECB and the PBOC and the BOJ and the BOE and the RBA et. al. would hand us a big enough umbrella for protection. "I believe I can fly, I believe I can ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... or inflation slow beyond comfort. But while Ben's only talking the talk, the Bank of Japan has already walked the talk. The BOJ kept interest rates unchanged as expected. Yes, everybody guessed correctly. Duh! It remained at zero - surely there's no ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... kickstart the torpid economy. Tokyo closed 0.43 per cent, or 40.94 points, lower at 9,520.89 as a huge spike in the wake of the BoJ announcement was reversed. Seoul added 0.58 per cent, or 11.30 points, to close at 1,975.34. Hong Kong shed 0.33 per cent ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... market expectations - from 4.5% in the previous month. This negative outlook is encapsulated in the latest Bank of Japan (BOJ) growth projections. The BOJ have revised its economic forecasts to show a 0.4% contraction in real GDP when Japan's fiscal ...