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TSCGEMU

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... enforcing the statutes of the treaty once it's enforced. But where there's a will... Also encouraging, someone heard someone whisper that EU leaders would start focusing on growth. Here's 'The Guardian's' spiel: "European leaders sought to prevent two ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... no longer our friend". Well, Big Ben's testimony before the US Congress continued overnight, again there was not even a whisper of more policy stimulus, nor a hint that another QE is at least being contemplated, but guess what? The Dow tested the 13K ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... Until, they're all shaved bald. What is unfortunate is that financial markets have been responding positively to each whisper of hope - weakening European authorities' sense of urgency towards implementing a solution. You'll hate me for saying this but ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The storm after the calm. Just when we thought financial markets have shaken off the high anxiety of the past week, teeth gnashing returns. Blood's again been spilled on the trading dance floors of commodity markets and most major equity markets around ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
"So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S. O. S. The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S. O. S. When you're gone How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on?" - ABBA Now you believe me? The US bond ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... governments would uncover more hidden debts. And to ensure financial Armageddon, the European Central Bank (ECB) continues to whisper "interest rate hike" into investors' ears. It raised interest rates just last month. If Europe don't get you down, there's ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... the upward revision to the March tally by, wait for it, 6,000 jobs. No one told you this, did they? There's not even a whisper that despite the latest "weaker-than-expected" numbers, the overall trend in private employment continues to gather upward ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
"When I find myself in times of trouble... Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be." - The Beatles Nice song, sound advice but not, it seems, if the French can help it. The International Monetary and Financial ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
It's all quiet on the Wall Street front overnight. The US quarterly company earnings reporting season must be about to commence. Just in case. Trading volume was low and bereft of direction. The Dow was up 0.01 per cent and the S&P 500 was down 0.3 ...