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Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... months between March and September of last year. Right direction perhaps but there'll still be bumps along the way. Here, Putin could be the biggest bump. An escalation of tensions between the 'West' versus Russia versus Ukraine could prompt Eurozone ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... goes (as expected) and the economy rebounding in the second quarter (by more than expected) and... as this space expected Putin and Russia and sanctions became yesterday's news. There were no Kinder Surprises from the FOMC - it'll withdraw another US$10 ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... the Fed's continued benevolence towards you, I and Irene after the conclusion of the FOMC's two-day meeting later tonight. Putin knows it. In fact, on 17 July -- fresh from attending the negotiations and eventual launched of the BRICS' "New Development ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... enlarging the bull's eye on their target for the best part of four months now (since March, if I remember right). Yet Vladimir Putin remains defiant. This is because Vlad knows that the "west" knows that they couldn't impose full sanctions on Russia ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... (there done, Iraq mentioned) and reports that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko threatened to cease the ceasefire with pro-Putin separatists in eastern Ukraine. To be fair, the Dow did not quite recoup the 0.7% lost the day before - up 0.3% overnight ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... nicely," IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. Mr Shamu said investors were also encouraged by Russian president Vladimir Putin saying he would be supportive of the outcome of elections held in Ukraine at the weekend. Strength on the Japanese market ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... Virginia, just have a look at last night's trading action on Wall Street. Sure, there was some good news out of Russia - Putin's blinked (or is it blunk?) - and is reportedly pulling his troops out of the Ukrainian border but Wall Streeters' already ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... was up 28 points at 5,448. There was some easing in geopolitical tensions over Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin told pro-Russian rebels fighting in east Ukraine to halt plans for independence referendums. Investors were also encouraged ...

Bored to zzz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... slowing one (maybe) or Europe's deflation risk or Japan going back to deflation (maybe and maybe). And oh... there's also Putin, of course. It's as boring as boring can be. 'Tis the same for today's meeting of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... commitment to lift global growth by 2% "over the next five years". (Though given recent happenings in Crimea, I'm not sure if Putin's still in this game. Russia's not been kicked out of the G-20... yet). And this month, we got pessimism and optimism ...