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Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... shifts its reliance from exports into spurring domestic consumption. PM Wen just acknowledged these. So why the sad face? Ahh yes, because 7.5% think us will not be enough to lift the other boats (some slow, some stalled, some sinking) from the treacherous ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... an oil supply shock in the Middle East "would lead to a much stronger and unprecedented disruption of global oil supply". Ahh yes, downside risks and Europe. A view given credence by stats released overnight. The Eurozone's unemployment rate rose to ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... closed below 20 overnight. This is down from above 20 reading at the start of the year and down, down from last year's high 48. Ahh, but Greece and Europe are so, so... last year. This year, investors have a sunnier disposition. You can feel it in the ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
There's a certain kind of hush all over the world overnight as financial markets turned their attention back to the Greeks and their seemingly never-ending negotiations with their benefactors - the IMF, the EU, the ECB... and private creditors. Ahhh ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
To all those who have Christmas lunches - long liquid lunches - to go to today, go now pronto for developments in the financial markets last night was another one of those "ho-hum" moments. Not that you'll pick it from the headlines and stories doing ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... charitable contributions or do politics, says its head Jin Liqun. The purpose of the fund is to make profitable investments." Ahh but all is not lost. The headlines turned less gloomy allowing Europe to claw back some of its losses and Wall Street to ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... to 51.1 - the highest in five months - in October from 49.9 last month. Now what was that scary headline about China again? Ahh yes, "China Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in 2 Years". And it's not only in China, headlines about that the US is already ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... certainly be disastrous if this is true. A war to fight and no more ammunition. You better save that last bullet for your head. Ahh... but knowing me, I was able to dig up something that might make you think before pulling that trigger. Thank you Google. ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ahhh, finally some peace. Given Wall Street's straight gains over these past three trading days, many could be forgiven for wondering what just happened last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite ...