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Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... traversed the near-term bump that's again beginning to worry the pants off investors from New York to Rio and old London town. Yes, we've got a problem coming Houston. It's the US debt ceiling. As President Obama warned last night, "markets could go ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... single currency into a unified course of action. Equity markets dropped big time overnight from New York to Rio and old London town - and of course, the Eurozone - for unlike previous episodes when hope reigns heading into one of those euro summits ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... man to be correct and lose his life savings? Equity markets around the world rebounded from New York to Rio and old London town as if suddenly, the European debt, deficit, banking, political, economic and social disaster is no more. Out of sight, out ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... Street remained on rebound mode while we were sleeping and so were most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town. The S&P 500 and the Dow each jumped by 1.4% overnight in spite of another disappointing report on the jobs front. Yes Virginia ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... 2011 became 2012. But today is another day, Virginia. There were rebounds all around, from New York to Rio and old London town. "How can I forget you, when there is something there to remind me." (Naked Eyes) Today brought back memories of, and the rationales ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... past 24 hours and I have to get your attention somehow. Sure Virgie, most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town recorded declines overnight but it's still within the magnitude of the daily volatility in stocks we've seen over the past ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Virginia. There were the same issues which only weeks before created angst and anxiety from New York to Rio and old London town. There was news indicating that "oh-em-gee" China is slowing. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) reported ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
A sea of red swamped the world's equity markets - from New York to Rio and old London town - over the past 24 hours. As I've been warning the past few weeks, the global economy is weakening, the odds of another recession has increased and this is sapping ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Yeouch! You can hear this cry from New York to Rio and old London town as financial markets received a battering. Somebody must have forgotten to tell the markets it's only August and not October. Equity markets, commodity markets and bond yields (bond ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... revised October prediction. And by the looks of yesterday's massive equity market sell-off from New York to Rio and old London town, it has already dawned. The signs are gushing forth - one after the other. Let me count the ways: Global growth has tripped ...