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Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... of blood by increasing the time they spent at work until they couldn't take any more. Then they resume hiring. The bottomline is that this was a weak report -- even made more pronounced by hyped up expectations. But the US recovery continues.

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... Particularly after commenting that the growth and inflation figures are "slightly higher than the Bank had projected". The bottomline is that a synchronised global recovery is now in train. But it still needs nurturing. Monetary and fiscal authorities ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... statistical noise and the BLS update of its population estimates may have accounted for the lower jobless rate. The bottomline is that the US labour market is not growing fast enough for comfort. But those looking for equity market direction should know ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... institutions a safety cushion against potential defaults and/or the means to again increase their lending activity. The bottomline is that the path of least resistance is for higher US bond yields. Spend more to hasten expansion, we get higher yields. ...

Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... Now it's not pure expense reduction. JP Morgan's actual result also came well ahead of market expectations for both bottomline earnings and top line revenue. It's the same story for Abbot Laboratories. And as an added bonus, the company raised its fiscal ...

Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... for Bank of America and Wells Fargo. So what's different this time? Nothing...as far as Alcoa's better-than-expected bottomline is concerned. It was eerily similar to the second quarter where the pleasant profit surprise was mainly driven by cost reduction ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... spending, extending the new homebuyer tax credit and raising unemployment benefits. 'Extensions' or Stimulus 2.0, the bottomline is: the US economy needs additional help. As would be expected every time interest rates are raised, websites and newspaper ...

Christmas in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to everyone and all! Except for the grinch bears that is. Yes, Virginia. Christmas came in July. Hope and cheer abounded in equity markets around the globe and in other risk assets. How could they not? Slow - painfully ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... to break even in the short term. So why the sudden impatience right here, right now to expect companies to deliver a bottomline not written in red? The rise in the US unemployment rate in June was the spark that started this renewed wave of pessimism. ...

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... PMI rose to 53.2 in June from 53.1 in May. Clearly indicating that Chinese manufacturing is in expansion mode. The bottomline is that there will be more economic and survey data like these - data subject to interpretation. There will still be more rivers ...