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Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... last month, this report - dated as it may be - reinforces the renewed weakness in the US labour market. More so given Bloomberg's news that American companies "have started to delay recruitment and investment on fears that Congress won't act to stop ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Angeles-based Expo Capital Management - sentiment perhaps best describes the current mood in the markets. According to Bloomberg, "Sinclair said he has most of his liquid net worth invested in his fund and was no longer comfortable putting it at risk ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... renewed speculation of Fed stimulus courtesy of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president Charles Evans. Evans declared on Bloomberg TV that, "I've been in favor of pretty much any accommodative policy I've heard about" and that "extending the Twist would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Charles Evans said he would support measures to generate faster jobs growth, Bloomberg reports. Stocks also gained after the European Central Bank backed a bank deposit guarantee proposal. In local economic news ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... world, right? Well, sort of. The third strike comes from no other than the land downunder - Australia. And if you're a Bloomberg addict like moi, you'll know that the risk rally all started from Aussieland. Here's Bloomberg's headline at about 5PM yesterday ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... interpretations of these new stories have become as volatile as the financial markets themselves. Take this story from Bloomberg - taken an hour apart - for instance: 6:07 AM (AEST): "The S&P 500 extended its slump to a level considered a "correction" ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. Despite this, US AAA Treasuries are cheap compared ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... see the backsides of the bears. That was back on the 9th of March 2009 - the day the S&P hit bottom. Ok, I confess. Bloomberg helped in refreshing my memory on this one. I have to thank Bloomberg too for reminding me that only last 21 Feb the good doctor ...

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... The scaredy cats are running for the hills again. Want to be scared, be very, very scared? Read today's headline on Bloomberg. "Dow Falls 6th Day in Longest Slump Since August on Greece". As with any sensational headline, I immediately booted up my database... ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... May. Remember May? The time of the year when investors should sell then go away. But instead we got this headline from Bloomberg, "Dow Rallies to Highest Level Since 2007... " The Dow closed on the up and up to 13,279.32 points while you, I and Irene ...