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Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
An agreement is nigh! That, at least, is the conclusion one could derive if one had one's ear pressed closed to the European Union meeting in Brussels. There really was nothing fresh about the fresh reports that littered cyberspace after the 23 October ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Jumpy! This is the word that came to mind when I was watching last night's trading action in the financial markets. Is it only me or has anybody else noticed that the "bounce around" in share prices have been shortening lately? It used to be a matter ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
When you're happy and you know it - click on the buy button. The 24-hour cycle saw most major equity indices soar up, up and away - from Asia to Europe to America. Are we witnessing the beginning of the beginnings of another leg up in equities or will ...

A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
"Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head, ah-huh-huh-huh" - The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Recession worries, it seems, travel fast. After doing a tour of the USA, they are now doing the rounds ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
Just like most of you, I waited for the fat lady to sing last Friday night on Wall Street - sing a song that ultimately puts doubts over the US economic recovery to rest. I was expecting the fat lady's rendition of the Silver Convention's "Get Up and ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... it! For all the positive spins given to explain the big gains on Wall Street overnight, it's probably Nike that did it. Cyber reports speak of the Germans now being in tight with the French and agreeing to swap a big portion of their banks' holdings ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
We were just full of it yesterday, weren't we? Yes Virginia, we were filled with the words fear, anxiety, panic, doom and all else in between that spells M-E-L-T-D-O-W-N. We were so full of it that at one point, I thought it was already October - you ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
And on the seventh day, they rested. After six straight days of non-stop selling, script hawkers took a breather. Yes, you read right - a breather - they'll be back again. There'll be more selling down the road. But this does not mean that I've given ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Houston, it seems we've lost May. With two trading days to go this month - one for Wall Street because of the Memorial Day holiday in the US - "sell in May then go away" is in the bag - unless of course, there's a sudden whiff of euphoria, or perhaps ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Now you see? Investors really do see what they want to see. Oh yes Virginia, the drip, drip, drip of economic reports and other news twittered, facebooked and blogged all over cyberspace were enough to send any bear to bear utopia - but they didn't. ...