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Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... for its sustenance on an even greater credit bubble in China." Ha ha bloody ha ha. This is the same Mr. Edwards quoted by CNBC Asia on 9 May 2012 - that's last year - saying the same thing. The headline: "Australia Heading for 'Mother of All Hard Landings' ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... issues a weather warning". Last Friday, Reuters had this: "Dow record not necessarily a buy signal" and the day before that CNBC ran a story titled, "Stock Rally Will End Badly This Year: Marc Faber" (but what else could you expect from Marc?). These ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and voting member of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC). In an interview with CNBC, he made it clear that, "Fed policy is very easy and it's going to stay easy for a long time". Unless, of course, the ...

Don't stop me now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... period this year). Guess what was the major news of that time? It was Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini changing his spots. In a CNBC interview, Dr. Roubini announced his transformation in to a bull: "I think tactically for the next few months equities could ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Not that America hasn't defaulted in the past. In its article headed, "Has the United States Ever Defaulted on Its Debt?", CNBC cited four instances when Uncle Sam did - in 1790, in 1841-42, in 1873-1844 and in 1933. Here's the link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/43140915/Has_the_United_States_Ever_Defaulted_on_Its_Debt. ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... August 2005 while Hurricane Andrew cost US$58.6 bil in August 1992. PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian wrote in a guest blog posted on CNBC that, "...after an immediate negative impulse of several weeks, the impact on GDP as a whole will be mixed to slightly positive." ...

100% world recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... given up is Marc Faber - that other doctor of doom and publisher of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report". In an interview with CNBC, he repeated the "gloom and doom" call he made last May, warning that there's a 100% chance the world heads into recession. ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... only wish. "I don't think so." This was St. Louis Fed's James Bullard's response. Not to me being read on The Street, but to CNBC's question as to whether "a major" program of buying assets, or quantitative easing, is warranted. So there! QE's come and ...

PE firms Myanmar bound

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... infrastructure and development opportunities. Private equity firms across the region are already preparing their entrance, with CNBC recently estimating there is US$500 million being lined up. Firms planning fund allocations to the country include Leopard ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... next is it gets only a small chunk of it, which for the most part would go into plugging the deficit in its budget. Here's CNBC's take: "The vast majority of the funds in the 130-billion-euro programme will be used to finance the bond swap and ensure ...