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Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Talk about being careful... for they might come true. 'Twas not so long ago that Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and the IMF worried about complacency in the financial markets as indicated by low, down on the ground ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... anyone?). More ominous is that central banks have lost credibility to reflate their respective economies... in which case, the bear (market) could be lurking just around the corner. "I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" - Homer Simpson.

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Mother's made an outing last Friday night in America - and she came bearing good tidings. Mother, of course, is the US non-farm payrolls report - considered "the mother of all economic statistics". US employment increased by 248K last month following ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
"Ain't no value high enough, ain't no Putin tough enough, ain't no ISIS mad enough" to keep investors away from Wall Street and... Yes I know it's a double negative (but that's how the song goes and you know what it means) but more importantly, you ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... correctly and that its people are called Azeris, not Azerbaijaneeris. But I digress. According to this morning's reports, that bear-hugging, leopard-petting, bare-chested horseback riding one is baack! Thanks to Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... talked about "the potential for a meaningful correction" in his article on 'Seeking Alpha's' website titled "This Is When The Bear Growls". If I read him correctly, the correction will happen at the start of new quarter because "More often than not ...