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Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... Labor leadership. Haha. Talkin' bout desertions, well find out on Monday whether the Cypriots will. This is the deadline the ECB gave Cyprus to come up with a bailout agreement or it'll halt emergency funding of the tiny island nation's banks. Didn't ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... is go back to those horror Grexit stories and speculations to appreciate its potential impact on the financial markets. As ECB president Mario Draghi said earlier this month, "Cyprus's economy is a small economy but the systemic risks may not be small." ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... your immortal classic Frank (Sinatra) but it's been playing in my head since the clever people at the IMF, the EU and the ECB -- and oh, also in Germany - decided to throw away the sanctity of the most sacrosanct of the average people's store of wealth ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... the left of the United Kingdom on google maps on optimism that it would soon not have to rely on the kindness of the EU/IMF/ECB troika for its sustenance. Ireland's successful 10-year benchmark government bond auction - the first bond sale since its ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... Today we had both in the Italian elections - inconclusive and the rise of the anti-austerity parties. But we now have the ECB's Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) and the Super Mario's "whatever it takes" pledge - reasons why Italian government bonds ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... 0.30 per cent, to 3,232.09. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets maintained earlier gains after the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England held their key rates, forgoing any new stimulus measures. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... CAC 40 lost 0.35 per cent to 3,773.76 points as markets awaited a monthly rate-setting meeting by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday. Earlier in the day, dealers had taken their cue from Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... on until there is a significantly visible improvement in the labour market. I don't have to remind you that only last week, ECB President Mario Draghi almost said the same thing, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are far from having an ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... year's high of 7.2% and all a,-4 billion worth Italy planned to sell, sold. And why not? Super Mario is here. Last night, ECB President Mario Draghi left no room for interpretation when he said that, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Obama's business-unfriendly policies. That was also the period when concerns over Europe re-emerged: The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered the single currency area's 2013 growth outlook; but more palpitation-inducing was the uncertainty over which ...