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Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... uneconomically viable with the downing of trade barriers (Free Trade Agreements) coupled with the emergence of low-cost (ergo, cheaper vehicle) Asian imports. According to The Age, "The car industry has been given $19 billion in handouts and tariff protection ...

Black Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Monday of September. This year it falls on 2 September. But the FOMC doesn't meet until the 17th and 18th of that month. Ergo, this whole taper on, taper off speculation business shall end when the Fed reveals its decision on the 18th. Maybe. Maybe not. ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... president Mario Draghi said earlier this month, "Cyprus's economy is a small economy but the systemic risks may not be small." Ergo, Super Mario will do 'whatever it takes' to bring the tiny island back to the fold. While Cyprus has created headlines ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... The message here is that the 'Oracle of Omaha' thinks that the price is right - he's even paying a premium for Heinz -- (ergo, there's more upside for the stock market) and that the economy (US and international) - Heinz is a multinational company, after ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... and burped out what every economist and financial market expert are afraid to admit these days - that we simply don't know. Ergo (sounds sophisticated 'ey?), we find ourselves lost, tossing and turning amongst the headline of the day, unsure of whether ...

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... are justifiable, the package's composition means that its stimulative impact will be small, relative to its fiscal cost." Ergo, the new fiscal measures would only increase the deficit. The IMF predicts that at 10.8 per cent of GDP, the US would have ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... currency war that presents a bigger threat to the global economy, not the size of QE2. Then again, they are interrelated. Ergo, a smaller QE2 might not be a bad idea after all.

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... The weak housing market - and its linkages - would put downward pressure economic activity and on jobs and... on housing. Ergo, we're left with further price declines and re-stimulation - or both -- as the only options. The Fed is reportedly planning ...