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Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... the mole you expect. America's still whacking its mole of tepid economic growth with the twin hammers of the US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 and the Obama administration's fiscal largesse. So far these twin hammers appear to be doing their job. ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... and for all. Then again... maybe not. There are two major market moving items on the cards this week - The US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting and the release of US fourth quarter GDP growth stats. Financial markets expect the Fed to maintain the status ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... concerns over contagion from the European sovereign debt crisis sent international equities lower by mid-year. The US Federal Reserve's QE2, the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and signs of stronger growth in the US towards the closing quarters of ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... spending... Things are indeed looking merry. But -- yes there's another but -- not merry enough for the Fed. The US Federal Reserve announced no change in its US$600 billion Treasury purchase program after its FOMC meeting overnight because, "Information ...

A QEasy road ahead for investors

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The US Federal Reserve's recent decision to employ a second round Quantitative Easing could be the catalyst for another downturn in markets, according to a leading strategist. Matthew Sherwood, Perpetual's head of investment markets research, told Financial ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... failed grade when my performance gets up for review. Oh well, I could always blame it on the Fed - not the US Federal Reserve this time, but the fed as in FBI the Federal Bureau of Investigation. That's the one that the financial markets have not seen ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... considered, it's the national interest that matters more - it's domestic voters that must be appeased. The US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 is a perfect example. It's designed to boost job creation in the US and stop deflation in the US. Never ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since the US Federal Reserve magically created US$600 billion more US dollars on 3 November. Since then, Wall Street climbed three days (including last ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... week and one day. Negative ones mean it starts to gather dust in the corner on day three. So it was with the US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2. Wall Street's no longer happy. It's welcome has expired so quickly because of protestations and derisions ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal Reserve would be drip-feeding US$75 billion into the financial system every month for the next eight months. Good. Yes, good. That ...