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PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Happy Birthday your majesty... and thank you! Thank you for the three-day weekend which allowed us one-extra day of sleep in. Thank you for the extra day of rest that also meant another day of boozing. But most of all, thank you for leading us not into ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
You're all pigs now! It's just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... and higher taxes and asset sales, the government still expects the economy to grow by 0.8% next year and 2.1% after that. Pigs may fly - but they don't default! But back to the point, it isn't about Greece because the bailout money is really and truly ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... called on and promised to discuss at their next meeting. Perhaps there'll be concrete action at their next meeting. Perhaps pigs can fly!

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... at peace to bite heartily into their Thanksgiving turkeys - markets were closed - many were still shooting down European PIGS at the same time that Koreans were shooting down each other. After sending Ireland into ICU at a cost of a,-85 billion (US$115 ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... thankful for. Unfortunately these thankful developments are being overshadowed by unthankful happenings in Europe and Asia - the PIGS in Europe and the pig in North Korea. And of course, there's China's efforts to break inflations' back (which many read ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... and yen." Ok, ok. So America's man is telling the world that Uncle Sam does not want the US dollar to weaken. Yeah sure, pigs can fly. But action speaks louder than words. Pigs are bacon! With the prospect of newly minted US dollars coming our way - ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... Chinese workers will lose their jobs, and how many migrant workers will return to the countryside". Hell may freeze over and pigs can fly, but China will orevalue its currency only when it is in its best interest to do so. Here was the Chinese Foreign ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... turning into a bear! No, not because of last week's US non-farm payrolls report nor news that Hungary is following the European PIGS down the drain. It also wasn't because of last night's report that the euro hit fresh four-year lows or that the US Financial ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... 2010. It may be the "Year of the Tiger" in the Chinese calendar but for financial markets May is easily the "Month of the PIGS". With only one trading day to go until May closes, I think it's safe to give this game to Team Bear. Congratulations to all ...