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Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... decline in the previous month. With almost a quarter of its working population - and half of its younger ones - unemployed, methinks this was inevitable, don't you? Speaking of inevitable, so was the news that Egan-Jones Ratings Co. downgraded the country's ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... government and Standard & Poor's two-notched downgrade of Spain's credit rating from A to BBB+ with a negative outlook. Methinks, it won't stop there. There'll be another slashing of Spain's rating down the track considering the parlous state of its ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... It certainly looks that way today, doesn't it? There's more buying on the dips going on than selling on up days. But methinks, what's happening now is a reflection of the reduced volatility in the financial markets that we're seeing lately. And this ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... downdraft from a European recession. But with much of the bad news out in the open already built into market pricing - methinks the risk is more on the upside this year. That, or the Mayans are correct and the world ends on 21 December 2012. ============================== ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... overall growth is still likely to be at trend or higher, unless the world economy deteriorates noticeably." And here, methinks the RBA's caveat, "unless the world economy deteriorates noticeably" refers mainly to Asia. And current indications are Asia ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... demand, reduce consumption and slow overall growth. JMK did not envision most economies saving instead of spending but methinks the implications will be similar and the on a broader scale. So really, I can't blame those fearing that another recession ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... employer respondents nominated interest rates, access to credit, wages and rising fuel prices as their main concerns, methinks the A-dollar should be there somewhere. It's simply cheaper to shop from Ebay than on our local corner shop these days. It's ...
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