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D-day deferred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
OMG! Here we go again. I hate to admit it but remember those three scenarios I listed on this space only two days ago? Well, Europe proved me wrong! For those who had a sudden attack of Mondayitis that day, here's what I wrote: "We're told that by 26 ...

Challenger investment head lands Omgeo chair role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ross Gulliford, Challenger's head of investment operations for business services, has stepped up as the new head of the Omgeo Australia Advisory Board, replacing AllianceBernstein's Damian Davies. Gulliford, a board member since 2005, has worked in ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... the possibility of not being repaid after the 2 August deadline- now demand a full 10 basis points higher for their trouble. OMG! I'm so scared. While Washington's theatrics make for good headlines, it's still the stoopid economy that, I say, got Wall ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... preliminary purchasing managers' index for China fell to 51.1 in May -- a 10-month low - from April's final reading of 51.8. OMG! We're doomed! Just forget that this is exactly what every man and his dog were begging China to do. Just forget that this ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... the precision of the Navy Seals that got bin-L shooting the living daylights off investors. I just don't buy that this is an OMG moment! One that would take the financial markets down, down, down into the abyss. At this very moment, I'm still unsure ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index dropped big time in April to its lowest level in eight months. OMG we're in trouble now! The ISM non-manufacturing index decreased to 52.8 last month versus 57.3 in March. The April figure ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... rate seen in the June quarter and a very, very (only two verys) substantial drop from the 0.9 per cent forecast previously. OMG! There'll be big trouble in little Aussieland! Oh yes, if you believe what you read in the financial press. But look closely. ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... this would include food price controls, a crackdown on commodity speculation, raising interest rates or all of the above. OMG! This would mean Chinese growth - the strongest driver of global growth this cycle - is going to slow. But slowing from the ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... purchase about $250 billion of Treasury bonds per quarter and continue until mid-2011, amounting to about $750 billion in all." OMG! Is this all we're getting? A number followed by a B instead of T? If the Fed's US$1.75 trillion worth of Treasury and ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... still much to fear - September may be the worst month for stocks but October is the month where big one-day falls cluster. OMG! Yes, it's not over yet... the fat lady still hasn't sang... Elvis is still in the building. Just look at the US data releases ...