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Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... my US economic and financial market history, prodded by CNBC's interview with former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the 1st of July. This is what the Maestro had to say, " What we're looking at is an invisible wall, which we've run into ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... predictor of strong economic activity. "Those who don't learn from history..." In early 2005, former Fed chief Alan Greenspan talked about an "interest rate conundrum" in the works as he tried to explain why long-term yields are not following short-term ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
"...I'm finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... time re-nomination day comes. And at the end of the day, the sitting Chairman remains seated in his job. Think Alan Greenspan and his 19 years at the helm of the world's most powerful central bank. Many of today's market participants and/or experts were ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... rate from a low of 1.0 per cent in 2004 to 5.25 per cent by mid-2006. Remember former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's head scratching 'interest rate conundrum'? It appeared that there was no stopping the Dow from running far, far away from ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... ahead of the economy. Or those professing that while there would be a recovery, it would be slow -- 'El Maestro' Alan Greenspan recently joined this camp. Or those saying that this will all end in tears as the global economy double-dips when the stimulus ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... flag as the thundering herd forces them back into hibernation. The "Maestro," former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted overnight thinking out loud that the recession may be close to ending as he expects growth to reach plus (yes plus) ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... big to fail institutions' losses covered up by taxpayers' money end? And how? Temporary nationalisation maybe? Alan Greenspan seems to think so. But after thinking about it, the 'bad bank' idea - proposed and later dismissed - could be more effective. ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... crisis but to nationalise toxic institutions that are poisoning the entire global financial system. 'The Maestro' Alan Greenspan has also now come to this conclusion. In an interview with the Financial Times, he said that, 'It may be necessary to temporarily ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... US economy from the recession America had to have. Time and again since the days of the Maestro - Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan - authorities bent over backwards to bandage the self-inflicted wounds of gung-ho investment institutions and investors. This ...