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Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... point to the psychological support level. With Wall Street at rest, let's take time to check on the happenings in the 'Land of the Rising Sun' - Japan - and I must say, it's not looking good. As with other equity markets, the Nikkei-225 index rose - ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... May, "...in June as budgetary outlays accelerated following Beijing's call to support economic activity". Finally in the Land of the Rising Sun, while it's central bank is not expected to announce any change in policy when it concludes its meeting today ...

Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... escalating Middle East tensions... Sounds about quite right 'eh Virginia? After all, an escalation of conflict in the land of the sand dunes would lift the price of what's underneath those sand dunes - oil. This, in turn, would erode disposable income ...

7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... 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 those speeches and gabs delivered in Beijingese -- some of which may be lost in translation. ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... Kenneth! Best you not remember them - yes them of the Reinhart and Rogoff infamy. There's sun shining ever so brightly in the Land of the Rising Sun with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government and his 'Abenomics' getting a thumbs up from Japanese ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... looking beyond the next day's or the following week's trade, I still stand behind my view that equity investors are in the land of Goldilocks' land...and visits by papa bear, mama bear and baby bear should be seen as opportunities to add to holdings. ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... helm of the Japanese central bank. This has spurred widespread optimism that the sun couldn't help but rise again in 'The Land of the Rising Sun' as both fiscal and monetary policy go into reflation overdrive - to defeat two decades of deflation and ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... the biggest consumer market in the world". And just in case you're still not convinced that the grass is greener in the land of milk and honey, Malcolm threw in valuation for good measure. "The Dow Jones Industrial Average that reclaimed its pre-crisis ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... continue their downtrend as forecast due to increased domestic production it may reinforce the expected recovery in the land of the free and the brave, which could begin a long awaited climb out of self-imposed austerity. Falling US relative wage and ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... it's not China - although economic indicators have been improving there too. That Asian country is the Philippines - the land of my birth. Yes, I'm half Chinese, half Filipino and now a 100% Australian. Lucky 'ey? The way these three economies are going ...