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It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
Sit back and enjoy the first two days of this week for starting mid-week... financial markets' moods could swing - for the better or the worse - on America. Yes Virginia, this week is all about the US of A. Sure Virginia, there'll be speculations galore ...

Fixed it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The times, they are a-changin'. We've come a long, long way Virginia. Yes, us, Australians all... for the times, they have a-changed. Not so long ago, many were concern over Australian bank's vulnerability to rising interest rates because of their reliance ...

Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Headlines upon headlines remains littered with MH17 and what happens next as the international community vents its anger on Russia. 'twas these headlines that reportedly downed Wall Street overnight. But we surely know what comes after the dip, 'eh ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Just when we thought it was no longer safe to go back into the water...... dip buyers again went buying the dip. We don't have to go very, very far back in history to see this for this was clearly on parade just over the past very few days. Recall how ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... regained territory after opening lower. Qantas shares were up 0.5 cents to $124.5 as the senate considers the Qantas Sale Act. Virgin Australia was up 0.5 cents or 1.23 per cent to 41 cents.

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
"Play it again, Chumbawamba"... "I get knocked down but I get up again..." Can't really stop those bargain hunters hunting for bargains on Wall Street, 'ey? Not even with the previous day's headlines talkin' 'bout the Fed saying that those bargains ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
One more time, from the top: "I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." -- Chumbawamba Yeah, yeah, yeah Virginia, the financial troubles of Portugal's Banco Espiritu Santo may have stirred market anxiety last week - ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
id the holy spirit just give us a sign? Nah Virgina, I'm speak not of the one-third of the 'Holy Trinity' that is central to the Christian faith but the bank named after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." -- Chumbawamba Yes Virginia, we didn't expect anything less 'eh my lady? If it didn't happen overnight, it'll happen tomorrow... or the day after. Wall Street got knocked down ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
Nah, it couldn't be! Nope, Virginia, like I have typed on this space before the US economy has not yet reached sustainable velocity and therefore those bring forward of expectations with regards to the Fed's first interest rate hike are merely that ...