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The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... than expected, it'll be scream, hide, panic - China is overheating! What about the headline about Dr. Doomy Roubini. Bloomberg's headline, "'Perfect Storm' May Threaten Global Economy: Roubini" is enough to scare the bejeesus out of those already cowering ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... you see what I mean? But for the markets that matter... fear was in the air everywhere you look around. Have a look at Bloomberg's market headlines this morning: U.S. Stocks Decline as S&P 500 Has Longest Slump Since 2009 European Stocks Drop for Sixth ...

Bigger picture, nicer picture

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... writing about this long before. To be fair, maybe he espouses the same view as us for as long as us, it's just today that Bloomberg decided to interview and print his words because it justifies last night's price action. Similarly, Greece appears no ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Monetary Fund (IMF) may not release its portion of a 12 billion-euro (US$17 billion) aid payment to Greece next month. Bloomberg explains Wall Street performance with the headline, "U.S. Stocks Rise as Higher-Than-Forecast Profits Overshadow Economic ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Financial services feel cloud benefit

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
A shift towards cloud computing has resulted in significant return on investment, according to a Bloomberg technology survey of financial services companies. Over one hundred chief information officers and technology decision makers from major financial ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... fell by 29K to 409K last week - better than expectations for a 420K tally -- "bolstering confidence in the economy" (Bloomberg). Duh! If one data point in a volatile stat "bolsters confidence in the economy." What do the recent negative updates in more ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... few years now? And don't you ever forget that driver of stock market prices. Yes, that one. Company earnings. Latest Bloomberg data show that more than 76 per cent of companies in the S&P 500 index that have already reported their earnings results topped ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... than five per cent. Did you see the heavy selling in Asia and Europe after the news? This logic was also evident in Bloomberg's measure of US consumer confidence released last night. "The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index dropped to minus 46.9 in the ...