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Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Nothing seems to shake the optimism that's currently doing the rounds of the financial markets. Japan was again shaken by a strong aftershock but financial markets hardly stirred. AFP reports that, "A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake late hit the same ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
While investors had no recourse but to leave Americans at peace to bite heartily into their Thanksgiving turkeys - markets were closed - many were still shooting down European PIGS at the same time that Koreans were shooting down each other. After sending ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
"Wall Street drops on China price worries" - afr.com.au. "Wall Street slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via ...

China not heading for a property bust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Talks of a property bubble in China are overstated as the Chinese government has introduced new home ownership and lending rules to cool the market, said an investment expert. "I don't think we have a bubble yet," said Samantha Ho, investment director ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Glum has entered the building. Remember him? The teenie weenie Lilliputian in Gulliver's Travels who when faced with a predicament - any predicament - exclaims, "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" So it is with Wall Street and its view of the US economy ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... that while the actual EPS result of US$5.25 greatly exceeded market expectations of US$4.18 per share - it fell short of 'whisper' expectations of US$6.00. Say that again? Yes, it's like telling everybody that you want a Toyota Corolla for Christmas ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
"While our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken, though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this, we will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honour them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, led by gains in the big miners and energy stocks after oil reached new highs and metal prices rallied. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 44.2 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 5,975.2, while ...