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Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... aren't ready yet to hire more full-timers, they are working their existing ones harder to meet consumer demand. Yes, Virginia, there is demand. If you look beyond the headlines and go straight for the stats - consumer demand is there. The annual growth ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... may have just received the best indicator of the financial markets' direction over the next three months, at least. No Virginia, it's not yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to sit pat on interest rates because the bank believed ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... Union (EU) announced a "breakthrough" following their 19th summit since the crisis began in early 2010. And sure enough Virginia, the euphoria was more pronounced in the equity markets of the region most affected by the EU's unexpected but welcomed "agreement" ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... as I live". The anti-austerity crusaders now know what they have to do. Sorry Frau Merkel, just kidding. Quite right, Virginia. It's the same underlying problem -- Germany's refusal to underwrite its co-members debts and deficits and its co-members' ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... action as needed to protect the US financial system and economy in the event that financial stresses escalate." This, Virginia, after his cohorts at the Fed practically announced the day before that QE is on its way. Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... nightmare scenario proves correct? What if the cheap equity valuation reflects what "experts" now term the "new normal"? Yes Virginia, there's confusion even with these. And you still wonder why markets can't make up their minds. The only sure thing ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... the time you ask yourself 'why?' Why can't you make decisions Can't make up your mind." -- Confusion, The Zutons This, Virginia, sums up the current state of the markets. With so much uncertainty around, it's hardly surprising that financial markets ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... diehard bulls - and perhaps, Warren (of the "be greedy when others are fearful" fame), best forgotten. Just our luck 'ey Virginia, the euro tragedy did a replay last month, giving more meat to that age-old adage on Wall Street to "sell in May, then go ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... so, so WROng in wishing and hoping and praying that the optimism we've seen over the past few days would continue. Yes Virginia, we got volatility all right but the optimism didn't last. Wall Street and European equities gave back the big gains they ...