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7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
"Do you want fries with that?" Yes Virginia, this moment is at hand. For this time, we get to read Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's thoughts - he penned himself, in english - on the eve of his visit to the land of the English (he's there now). Not about ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... company. Woodside last traded at $42.85. In other market news, Air New Zealand has increased its cornerstone shareholding in Virgin Australia to the maximum allowed under Australia's foreign investment rules. The airline's shares were slightly down 0.25 ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Tensions continue in Iraq (has it ever gone away?), Russia's building up troops on Ukraine's border (38,000 and counting according to Ukraine) and the IMF has just released fresh forecasts for the US economy (crystal ball now shows growth at a flat ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Something's wrong - very wrong - with this picture. There's troubling news in the geo-political arena due to escalating tensions in Iraq. There's also the price of iron ore dropping to near two-year lows. And yet... the Australian dollar did a peek-a-boo ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
"...somewhere in my youth, or childhood, I must have done something good." In his alone times, it wouldn't be surprising to catch imported Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
S&P 500 2000 here we come! It won't be long now. Yes Virginia, with the S&P 500 index less than 50 points away (or 2.5%) from the 2,000-point milestone it'll just a few more sleeps and it'll be there - my back of the envelope calculation show that the ...

Everything but the kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Take that... and that... and that! Yes, Virginia, the European Central Bank (ECB) didn't disappoint market expectations - heavens forbid if it did - and acted, giving it all it's got, except for the proverbial kitchen sink (this it reserves for later). ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
Push has now come to shove. Yes Virginia, freshly-released data on the state of inflation and unemployment may have just done it - that is, remove whatever doubts linger that Super Mario's coming back to save the eurozone. The European Central Bank ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Who went away in May? The month when we're supposed to sell and go away is over but it appears that it's the sellers that went away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town ...