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The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
It's another trading day for the record books on Wall Street. And this despite last night's weak reports - existing home sales fell by 1.2% to a less than expected 5.1 million annualised rate in June and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index remained ...

The game markets play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... of only two rationales for this. Corporate earnings analysts, forecasters and the myriad of 'experts' are dumb idiots. Whoops sorry -- their forecasting models are dumb idiots. How could they live with themselves being wrong - to date 73% wrong - at ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Nothing to report today folks. It's one of those days in the financial markets that call for a hashtag instead. I still am a twit when it comes to twitting (or is it tweeting?) but thanks to my editor, the twit (or is it tweet?) would read something ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Stop right there! Thank you very much. If you still haven't made up your mind which way to bet on which way the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would go on interest rates at 230 PM AEST today, stop! I'll spare you the anguish, the anxiety, the suspense. ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... KRudd. Surprised? No. Embarrassingly entertaining? Very. But now that Team Labor has chosen, it's time to put the farce (whoops, Freudian slip), the past behind and get on with the business of governing. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. The ALP will be one happy ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Whoops! Looks like I got one of my calls for the year wrong. And this is that high volatility would remain with us for most of 2012. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Volatility, instead, has gone MIA. Reports out last night should have provided the catalyst for ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... exhale" moments again. But if one was so bold enough to ask, waiting for what? Waiting till the cows come home to roost? Whoops, sorry I think there's something wrong with my metaphor just there -- or is it allegory? Waiting till yellow light of caution ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - sent financial markets soaring overnight. Whoops, better make it seven central banks. Because a couple of hours before the six announced their intent for a coordinated ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Whoopsee, wrong call! Not mine but the financial markets. By now you've probably seen how equity markets and some commodities backtracked from "the global economy is falling" to "here comes the sun, and I say it's alright" (Beatles). And this happened ...