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Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... of corn, wheat and soybeans). But there are a few who talk about the A$ decoupling from commodity prices. Here's how Bloomberg saw it 5 days ago: "Commodities are losing their influence over currencies of nations that depend on raw materials exports ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... on why the glass is half empty. It was risk on after cyberspace got wind of ECB council member Ewald Nowotny telling Bloomberg that the ESM - Europe's permanent rescue fund - could have a banking license. This is good because this would allow the ESM ...

Deutsche Bank job cuts

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Deutsche Bank Australia has declined to either confirm or deny recent job cut rumours. Bloomberg yesterday reported that Deutsche Bank would consider cutting up to 1000 positions in its investment bank after declines in revenue. The job cuts would be ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... the WSJ can be caught up in the moment, put two and two together and came up with three. Yes Virginia. According to Bloomberg, of the 63 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported so far, 73% have topped expectations. Then again, Bloomberg also reports ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... twittered, "...2013 perfect storm scenario I wrote on months ago is unfolding," which he elaborated on in an interview with Bloomberg. "So, it's the perfect storm! You could have a collapse of the eurozone, a US double-dip, hard-landing of China, hard-landing ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... snapping a two-day rally in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, after jobless-claims data fueled concern over the economy..." (Bloomberg) Ah, so grasshoppuh, America is good one day, no good the next. No sensei, just another dose of the same BS. Why, oh ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... durable-goods orders topped forecasts" (The Age), "amid better-than-estimated data on housing and durable-goods orders" (Bloomberg), due to "stronger than expected orders for US durable goods and housing" (Australian Financial Review). Long time gentle ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per Bloomberg, please stop! For this is just the usual case of investors (nay, speculators) not wanting to get whipsawed by a surprise QE ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... decelerated to 44.8 from 45.1 in May, with Germany's sliding to 44.7 from 45.2. Finally, this late-breaking news from Bloomberg, "Credit Suisse Group AG's credit rating was cut three levels by Moody's Investors Service, Morgan Stanley was reduced two ...