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Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... Yesterday Wall Street dropped big time "on concern rising energy costs will threaten the economic recovery." This was Bloomberg's - and most other financial market commentators' -- interpretation of yesterday's market action. Never mind the more than ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... the developed economies are starting to outperform those in the fast-growing BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India and China. Bloomberg reports that the MSCI World Index - the benchmark measure for developed equity markets' performance - have risen by 6.1 per ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... East turmoil could push petrol to $1.50" - that's in A dollars not US ones, but who cares they're at parity now - and Bloomberg prints, "Oil prices may surge to $220 a barrel if political unrest in North Africa halts exports from Libya and Algeria, Nomura ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... Oh no! We're in trouble now - big trouble. Just ask PIMCO's chief executive officer and perma bear Mohamed El-Erian. Bloomberg reports that, "There will be "higher inflation and lower growth because of higher oil prices, which take away purchasing power ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bloomberg is increasing its commitment to the Islamic finance market with the launch of a tailored investing platform and a Malaysian benchmark index, answering calls for more sophistication in the market. The Bloomberg Islamic Finance Platform (ISLM) ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... help but increase eventually. All cash up and gone a-buying. Companies have cash a-plenty and are buying each other. Bloomberg reports that, "Global mergers and acquisitions increased to $668.3 billion in the fourth quarter, the highest since the third ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's report last night that: "The extra yield investors demand to hold Spanish 10-year debt instead of similar-maturity benchmark ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... track." Goldman Sach's chief interest rate strategist, Francesco Gazarelli, is singing the same tune. In an interview with Bloomberg, he predicts that the European Central Bank (ECB) will start raising interest rates in the "October-December period," ...

That sinking feeling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... economy is heading in the right direction. Better, the outlook looks good for next year. Here's a selection of some of Bloomberg's headlines over the past 24 hours pointing to better times ahead. Australia Headed for Jobs Record, Intensifying Wage Pressures ...