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Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... October); and, yields on 10-year bonds increased only slightly from 2.32% to 2.35%. Hoorah, hoorah, hoorah! The bears fought the bulls and the bulls won - and there are more of them now. This, as much, is reflected in the American Association of Individual ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... purchases early next year". It's all about money, money, money... it's always sunny. How much money is needed to make the bulls' world keep goin' 'round? Citigroup global head of credit strategy Matt King and his colleagues estimate that central banks ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Santo may have stirred market anxiety last week - for one day (Thursday) last week to be exact - but it hasn't shaken the bulls off equities. So much so that you'd be forgiven for thinking that the "running of the bulls" festivities is happening not ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... 2013 - when gold went into a bear market, 'Business Insider' published a report headlined " $10,000?! These 8 Gold Ultra-Bulls Have Some Explaining To Do ". They sure have... especially the one/s which, according to Business Insider, provided "a rationale ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... year. My sincerest gratitude to all you gentle readers and a merry Christmas and prosperous New Year to one and all - the bulls, the bears, the in-betweeners -- and of course, to you Virginia.

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Year, the Democrats, the Republicans and the Tea Party would merely reprise the roles they played over the past two weeks. Bulls will reprise their own roles and keep on shopping. Perhaps, even some bears would shed their furs and grow horns after losing ...

FOMC - Fed Outs Market Confusion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Sell in May? No way, Jose! We're now at that time of the year when historical stats show the bulls stop running and the bears have their way. But maybe...not this May. Not if investors keep in mind the current market mantra that 'what is bad is good ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... bomb exploded and reversed ensuing uptrend. The S&P 500 closed 2.3% lower. What to make of these? Is the running of the bulls on Wall Street now all over? Far from it. Wall Street's negative reaction to these negative events show that 'irrational exuberance' ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... one day and falling the next. "The market has been treading water for the last trading days, back and forth between the bulls and the bears," said Levy, adding that Friday's US jobs reports and upcoming corporate earnings could help the market settle ...