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Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... rating agencies still are after contributing to the pain that we all now must endure? And this is not the first time. Wikipedia notes that 'Enron's rating remained at investment grade four days before the company went bankrupt, despite the fact that ...

AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... such a thing as a free lunch. I have lost tracked of the total amount of taxpayers' hard-earned money thrown at AIG. Wikipedia had it at US$170 billion so far. To get a feel for the massiveness of this amount, US$170 billion could buy almost two New ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... Keynes (for a man who's been dead for more than 60 years, he is getting a lot of coverage these days). According to Wikipedia, 'the paradox states that if everyone saves more money during times of recession, then aggregate demand will fall and will in ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... standout democracies and many other nations including Australia (Qantas in 1947) - I counted 40 countries listed on Wikipedia -- have nationalised critical institutions and/or industries in the past for the 'common good.' Some remain under government ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise between December 31 and the end of the first week in January. There are many theories ...

All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... For on this very same day in 1920, the League of Nations also held its first general assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Wikipedia described the League of Nations as 'an international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920. ...
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