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No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Jessica, we have lift-off" sometime this year, particularly if the current volatility in the bond markets become extended and, dare I say, a full-fledged rout. Perhaps, the Fed would find reasons to delay instead, just as the first central bank - the ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... 6.8% in 2015 and 6.3% in 2016. My oh my oh my and boy oh boy oh boy, I see dead people... heads would start to roll. How dare they not give what Prime Minister Li Kequiang likes? Li gets what Li likes, remember? He'll move heaven and earth to get 7.5% ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Geopolitical tensions ease, geopolitical tensions boil, geo-political tensions ease, geo-political tensions boil, geo-political... Financial markets continue to seesaw on this, just like they did with QE (I, II and III) on/QE (I, II and III) off and ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... other part of moi is egging me on to be one of those dip-buyers (if I had the money to buy the dips with). For this time - dare I say it - it's different. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the member governments of the Eurozone have learnt their lessons ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... goal - but given still weak consumption, production and yen strength, the deceleration in consumer prices could persist, and dare I say it, deflation returns. It's still early days. The BOJ could still pump mo' money if the economy follows the path it ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... billion this month and would continue printing US$35 billion in July. Yes, yes, yo. The Fed's still pumpin' it! Fight if you dare... in Iraq, in the Ukraine, in Syria, in Egypt, in Nigeria, in..., but "don't fight the Fed".

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

China's party plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013

Friday the 13th spook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
It's all about China.A It's not landing hard.A It's stabilising. That's what you'll read in most finance headlines this morning Virginia as the main pusher of positive sentiment in Asian equity markets yesterday and Wall Street overnight. Europe closed ...