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Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... For this we turn to the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - it was up 11.7% overnight (oh-em-gee!), but at 15.39, it's less fearful than February's 18.55 points, waaay down from the near-50 readings during the "Greek crisis" episodes of 2010 and 2011 and ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... taper decision. VIX reading overnight was at 13.27. Contrary to what the spooky headlines print, investors might not be as fearful of - or are already prepared for -- Grexit... or a Fed lift-off for that matter.

QE forever and ever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... heightened volatility - like the one we're getting now. This is because financial markets, they tell us Victoria, have become fearful of "world growth" (the lack of it) and "world peace" (threatened by Putin and ISIS and Ebola and perhaps... the goings-on ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting..." -- Walt Whitman "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... an increased need for investment advice," said Roger Stamper, senior analyst at Cerulli. But the US advisory sector is fearful that an excessive fiduciary obligation that is out of step with available fee for service financial products will make delivering ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... the market has become greedy? Is it time to put Warren Buffett's -- the Sage of Omaha - immortal words into action? "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful" Just putting it out there.

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said to them, why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?" -Mark 4:38-40, The Bible You betcha Virginia, the bearded Money Messiah has spoken...and ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Are we there yet? Have we reached the "others are fearful" point, where good ol' Warren Buffett advises us to buy? It's very much looking that way for Australia. The scaremongers are coming out one-by-one scaremongering the bejeesus out of every bloke ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... on a day index options contracts rolled over. "We have got an index rebalancing act this morning," Mr Smith said. "The fearful are selling and the fearless are buying." The local market received a negative lead from Wall Street, with the Dow falling ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... Berlusconi is poised for a comeback - the fear gauge rose by 34% on that day to a reading of 19.0. Even this was not as fearful as the 25.1 high set on 18 May last year - the time when Grexit was the stuff of headlines. It could be that financial markets ...