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India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Every country in the world wants their currency to be cheaper than the others, correct? In this world of subpar growth, a currency lower than the rest provides that extra kick that the economy needs - never mind 'beggaring the neighbours'. This is the ...

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
"Facebook and BenO are now friends." This is what my 'friends' and 'friends of friends' would see on my Facebook status from this day onwards. For how could you not 'like' something that increases your wealth by as much as 31.6% in one single day? Facebook ...

The tale of two PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013

The game markets play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
"Your love keeps lifting me higher Than I've ever been lifted before... I'm gonna be at your side, forevermore." - Jackie Wilson Forget Jackie Wilson, Bipbop Benny's (Ben Bernanke) rendition of this tune last week sounded much, much better to financial ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
It doesn't get any clearer than this! It's crystal! No more communications breakdown. No more failure to communicate. Big Ben Bernanke has delivered! While it's mostly a reiteration of the repeated message I've been telling you he's been telling us ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Arrrgh! This is becoming so ridiculous it's no longer funny or fun. Bob Dylan must be looking at the 2013 financial markets when he wrote the song 'Blowin' in the Wind' in 1962 and asked, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"...or ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Reverend Cleophus James: Do you see the light? Elwood: What light? Reverend Cleophus James: Have you seeeen the light? Jake: Yes! Yes! Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ...I have seen the light! Reverend Cleophus James: Praise God! Elwood: And God bless the ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
"...And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, care you not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
After all the build up, the anticipation and the suspense, Wall Street had only a minute reaction to the FOMC minutes. The Dow was down a little and the S&P 500 up a bit for there was hardly anything new to inspire that animal spirit in you, I and Irene ...