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Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Unlike the Greek tragedies of bailout past, investors appear to be taking a mind over matter attitude towards Grexit these days - that is, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. The performance of the markets' fear gauge - the VIX index - tells us so. ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... financial markets tank ala the European sovereign debt crisis of recent past - you know the one, the one when any mention of Grexit sent all other European bond yields soaring and stock markets dropping. Its name was contagion. Because of the fear of ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... 19-month low of 1.64% on 30 January on the disappointing US fourth quarter real GDP growth report, on dropping oil prices, on Grexit, on the strong US dollar, on Russia and... whatever concern anyone can think about of to convince the Fed not to set ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... creditors over its bailout and giving rise to fears that the country could exit the eurozone -- what is being dubbed a "Grexit". The country's new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, will visit three European Union capitals next week to push the government's ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... de-flation to me. The persistence of crude oil cheapness and the region's economic weakness (not to mention resurfacing Grexit concerns) and the lagged effect of QE are likely to put further downward pressure on prices there in the near term. For sure ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... after the Greek elections on the 25th? The anti-austerity and anti-bailout Syriza Party could win, prompting heightened Grexit speculation and then, it's back to contagion. Super Mario needs to be super-duper to pull this one off.

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... the region's economy, although questions remain whether or not it'll succeed (and recently complicated by the return of Grexit talks). And then there's that other central bank - the Bank of Japan. It's on a shopping spree. Bloomberg data shows that the ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... the "Wise Lady" of the wise men, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, won a bet against Nouriel Roubini, She bet back in 2012 - when Grexit was at fever pitch -- that Greece wouldn't leave the euro. Need I say more?

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... after Lehman Bros collapsed and as the Great Recession bit -- dropped to 16.62 by early 2010 aided by the Fed's QE1. The Grexit fears of early 2010 saw the VIX jump to 45.79. QE2 later that year sent it down to a low 15.52 reading by May 2011 before ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... save the day to save its citizens' savings, or heavens forbid...Cyprexit. All you have to do is go back to those horror Grexit stories and speculations to appreciate its potential impact on the financial markets. As ECB president Mario Draghi said earlier ...