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Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... the downward pressure on global growth created by the geo-political uncertainty by the sanctions and counter-sanctions by Putin and the 'West' appears to be easing. The end to hostilities had been always Putin's call. Last night, he made that call: RIA ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... today because in spite of all the bad economic reports - never mind geopolitics, markets see them as positive now (even Putin's turned humanitarian) - in Japan, in Europe and in Obamaville, investors are hapeee. The Nikkei's happy - it closed 0.4% in ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... militarily in Ukraine". Now everybody's onto it - even US President BO (not Benjamin Ong, ehem). Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin not to use "humanitarian aid" as cover to send in Russian troops to Ukraine.... and European Commission (EC) President ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... successfully diverted attention from Russia into Iraq by announcing his "humanitarian mission" there. Barack could also be giving Putin a way out by pretending to take Putin at his "humanitarian mission" to Ukraine word. Good news (for now) on geo-politics ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... jumped - with the S&P 500 index's Friday surge erasing all of the losses it made from Monday to Thursday last week - because Putin, all of a sudden... found religion. Well, not quite. It's all about reports of Russia de-escalating tensions in Ukraine. ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... sanction you. Equity markets fell on heightened geo-political risk concerns following news that Russian President Vladimir Putin's imposition counter-sanctions against the US/EU sanctions by banning importation of food products -- all cheese, fish, beef ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... to 1,920.24, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 2.22 (0.05 per cent) to 4,355.05. Russian President Vladimir Putin slapped one-year bans and limits on food and agricultural imports from nations that have imposed sanctions on Russia over ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... horseback riding one is baack! Thanks to Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski telling on him, we are reminded that Putin's still alive and now preparing to give Ukraine, the US and Europe another kick their collective behinds. Sikorski told TVN24 ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... Union broke up in 1991, ceased fire in 1994 with bouts of intermittent violence since then. So what? So what is it involves Putin and oil and energy and the "West's" investments in these countries. Bloomberg reports that Azerbaijan is "the former Soviet ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... defaulting on its debt (again), there's Portugal and Banco Espiritu Santo (again), there's increased geo-political risks - Putin and the Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, etc - and rising volatility, there's the IMF "advising" China to ...