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More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... like a "Damocles sword" - hey, isn't he Greek? - financial markets are again presented another source of worry. Yes, Virginia here's one more to add to your list of worries - it's called geopolitical risk. In George Bush Junior's time, they were Al Qaeda ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... political independence is now being questioned. So what's a German to do to defend its new currency? Regulate on its own. Yes Virginia, we're back to 2008. Naked short selling will be banned in Germany when their clocks strike midnight tonight -- and ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets are dumping ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... Francis, "Who's sorry now?" "I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Who's sorry now..." Shocked and awed. Yes, Virginia, this was how speculators felt when they were forced to cover their short positions after the European Union (EU) and the International ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... other Eurozone countries. And we're all getting caught in the crossfire. Is that doom and gloom I smell in the air? Yes Virginia, we're back to prophesising our own demise. This time it's the Global Sovereign Crisis (GSC) that threatens the world as ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... economy. I apologise for my digression, just had to vent my spleen on the ciggie tax. Now back to Wall Street. And yes Virginia, those who succumbed to the sensationalisation that was Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... are still kicking themselves. ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... in the midst of an Australian barbie, Greece just keeps coming back to spoil the festivities. I don't know about you, Virginia, but news that Standard & Poor's cut Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk is hardly new news. What's fresh news is that ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Here we go, here we go, here we go-o! The Dow has retaken the 11K ground anew! Dow 36,000 here we come! Yes Virginia, by virtue of a miniscule 0.1 per cent gain overnight, the Dow has once again crossed beyond that ever-elusive 11,000 milestone to close ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." (Jaws 2) Yes, Virginia...just when financial markets looked like they're finally getting used to the idea that Greece - for all its foibles - would not be left in ruins, Fitch comes along ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... the Age and "Commodities set scene for shares to open lower," from the Australian Financial Review. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 closed 0.5 per cent lower last Friday, the "main signals" referred to by The Age headline. The news behind the ...