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Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... understand if you're sick of reading this - as I am typing it - but this would be the state of play for as long as central banks provide more than psychological support to the financial markets. Don't worry, go shopping. They'll let us know when the ...

New compass needed for global economy: BIS

NATHALIE OLOF-ORS, AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... needed," Claudio Borio, who heads BIS's monetary and economic unit, insisted to reporters ahead of the report launch. Central banks' bid to help spark growth, by, among other things, slashing interest rates, has helped create more appetite for short-term ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... arrives) for these same warnings keep the markets' exuberance from becoming irrational.... and then we have the central banks watching the markets watch the central banks watch the markets. If you think the world's biggest central banks - after spending ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... underline the why's and the wherefore's - and this is, what I've been typing so many times in the past - the kindness of central banks (and the politburo, in China's case). The CB's are in no hurry to lift interest rates. They would not lift a finger ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... highest in three years. You, I and Irene know how we got here. We got here through the kindness of the world's biggest central banks - ZIRP (zero interest rate policy), QE (quantitative easing) and now... NIRP (negative interest rate policy).... and ...

Survey reveals investors greatest fear in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... list of issues to watch for the global markets over the next 12 months, although the perceived effectiveness of central banks effectiveness is waning. Just 8% of the respondents believe monetary policy is a powerful macro management tool, down from 21% ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis; the time when you, I and Irene (and even governments and central banks) thought that the good going was going to continue going good. But it didn't. The VIX soared to a reading of 80.86 in November ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... call (yet again) that a 1987-style crisis was coming where I typed: "Not when you consider that the major world central banks promise to act if necessary to deliver sustainable growth". Again, thank goodness for small mercies. Thank you, I thank you. ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... uncertainty and jitters in the financial markets. But this isn't about that war. It's the war being engaged by the mighty central banks of the world - the currency war that, is. You, I and Irene are well-aware of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) intent. It's ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... fundamentals. But I don't buy that. People are caught up in the momentum of all the liquidity that is provided by the central banks. This is a liquidity driven thing, not based on fundamentals." My oh my oh my, might not be a bad move to stay away in ...