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Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... not aimed at weakening the A$. Worked for Japan, did it not? But wait! It may not still work. That is if you believe Bloomberg's News survey that found that all five ex-Bank of Japan (BOJ) officials doubt whether 'Abenomics' would succeed because of ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... improving or deteriorating and/or the Fed would unwind sooner or later. Enough of that Virginia! You can rest easy now for Bloomberg has just found the golden ticket to ride the equity market. Thanks to its reporter in London, Ms. Sarah Jones, we now ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... the up and up with both ending the trading day with more than 1.0% extra in their kitties. Because going by my trustee Bloomberg's headlines, the US is now on a "firmer footing". Headline: "Sales of New Homes in U.S. Climb 1.5% to 417,000 Rate". Opening ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... about the profit/revenue beats of Verizon, PepsiCo, Union Pacific, Peabody Corp or American Express. No one cared that Bloomberg's running earnings compilation showed that, "Of the 82 companies in the index that have reported earnings since the season ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... shiny metal (though it's still a paper loss until he sells his holdings). Just ask the central banks, which according to Bloomberg, has lost US$560 billion this year. I betcha Paulson & Co. and the central banks would not be feeling all that bad -- nay ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... following an even stronger 7.3% jump in February. As for company earnings, there's good news there too. According to Bloomberg, "Earnings topped analysts' profit estimates at 71 percent of the 43 companies in the S&P 500 that have released quarterly ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... reportedly caused by that teenie-weenie island nation of Cyprus - yes, it's come back to do some more damage. According to Bloomberg, Cyprus "had committed to selling around 400 million euros ($523 million) of "excess" gold reserves". Not a big deal. ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... fall sharply on U.S. growth concern," printed Reuters. "U.S. Stocks Fall as Energy, Financials Tumble on Economy," says Bloomberg. "Stocks slide on North Korea fears, Fed comments," was CNN Money's take. "Fall sharply", "Tumble", "Slide". Given the headlines ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... to social media and other emerging digital communications platforms in the same way it applies to company websites. Bloomberg will become the first financial information platform to integrate real-time Twitter feeds directly into the investment workflows ...