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End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
America is zeroing in on China's weapon of mass destruction - the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
After all is said and done...more was said than done! Yes, you know what I'm referring to Virginia - the "big kahuna" of economic statistics that is the US non-farm payrolls report. Remember how we (note I use "we" when I'm mistaken and "I" to gloat ...

Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Analyse this! US home sales tumble big time as Wall Street rises. Yes Virginia, the past two days of trading activity on The Street exemplifies the equity market's wild and wacky psychology -- that's if you're watching the daily ups and downs. Yesterday ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
OMG! We're in big trouble now - very...big...trouble. Didn't I tell you Virginia? Financial markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear? The Dow dropped by more than 100 points -- it's about one per cent in percentage terms but ...

When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Greek ruins. Oh no, not another Greek metaphor! Yes Virginia, you and I and many others are perhaps sick in the stomach - or sick in the head? - of all the Greek metaphors that has sprung up since the potential for a Greek debt default made the ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Suddenly I don't need the answers Cos I, I'm ready to take all my chances..." -Olivia Newton John Yes, Olivia (sorry Virginia) suddenly the 'jitters of January' appears to have suddenly went puff. China? Greece and the rest of the PIGS - Portugal, Ireland ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Not happy Jan! Mr. Market still refuses to put on his happy hat. You and I Virginia would have thought that with the big positive developments that has transpired last week, Mr. Market wouldn't be worrying at being happy and Wall Street would at the ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
We knew 2010 would be challenging, but not this way. Not like this. Yes Virginia, we agreed that 2010 would be challenging. We thought it would be challenging because America would experience turtle-paced economic growth at best. We thought it would ...

12 Apostles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Thanks again. Well ok, just a small thank you perhaps. I don't know about you Virginia, but usually during days like these when the planets align - good economic data releases - Wall Street ramps it up, not the paltry less than half a per cent hop it ...