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So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... construction report also released overnight - up 0.1% in May versus 0.8% in April and expectations for a 0.5% increase. So nah, Virginia, the actual data don't fit the spin. So whaaa explains Wall Street jump overnight? We have to thank Bloomberg for ...

Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... East, then we would have seen oil prices skip, hop and jump sharply before or at the same time that Wall Street is down. But nah, nyet, non, no! As per Bloomberg, "Brent for August settlement increased 34 cents, or 0.3 percent, to end the session at ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... of 2015 (from 1.0% in March) and 2.5% the following year (from 2.25%). Say whaaaat! Sound the alarm, sound the alarm! But nah, Wall Street still rallied last night despite these raised rate forecasts. Perhaps this time, Wall Street remembers Aunt Janet's ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... shaken and stirred the dollar-A - a one two three punch and a kick in the groin would have knocked it off completely. But nah, Virginia... it's still up and is predicted to ascend some more - to parity (maybe US$1.70) - by the time 2014 calls it quits. ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... Bellamy Brothers sang, "There's a reason for the sunshine sky there's a reason why I'm feeling so high, must be the season..." Nah couldn't be the season, Virginia... it's still May - the season of going away. But there's good news a-plenty that could ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
"War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing." - Edwin Starr Nah Virginia, I'm not referring to the one that's feared to erupt soon after pro-Russian rebels in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk went ahead with the secession referendum ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

Irish luck unlocked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014