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Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
A sea of red swamped the world's equity markets - from New York to Rio and old London town - over the past 24 hours. As I've been warning the past few weeks, the global economy is weakening, the odds of another recession has increased and this is sapping ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... puts a floor under economic growth - and spooks the bejeesus out of fence-sitting financial market investors as the last bear heads for the exits. This would ultimately pave the way for a rebound. To be sure, the problems in Europe are not going away ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
It's the same old, same old story playing (dragging on) on our financial screens - the tragedy that is Greece. And just like times past, it's leaving a sour taste on investors' mouths. The recent update talks of Greece's meeting with the troika of alms-givers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
NEW YORK - US stocks got a boost Thursday despite poor domestic economic data after major central banks joined hands to ensure US dollar liquidity to Europe's embattled banks. In positive territory for the fourth day in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Bear markets provide investment opportunites

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
There are opportunities in the potentially emerging bear market which present opportunities for investors despite the challenging conditions, according to a boutique fund manager. David Hobart, managing director, Blue Sky Apeiron spoke this week in ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
When you're happy and you know it - click on the buy button. The 24-hour cycle saw most major equity indices soar up, up and away - from Asia to Europe to America. Are we witnessing the beginning of the beginnings of another leg up in equities or will ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The storm after the calm. Just when we thought financial markets have shaken off the high anxiety of the past week, teeth gnashing returns. Blood's again been spilled on the trading dance floors of commodity markets and most major equity markets around ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... input costs, falls would reverse this dynamics. The fear is that this current fear could feed on itself and we might have to bear some more pain before it gets better - or until the Fed provides another circuit breaker. Goodbye or good buy?

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... often referred to as the risk-free rating - only to default under the weight of accounting chicanery and management lies. Bear Stearns wasn't downgraded until the day it went under. Then there was the mortgage-backed securities debacle, when agencies ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Index falling more than 13% in the past four months, breaking a key support level at 4450 and leaving dealers worried a nasty bear market has begun. The key index has dropped by 8.7% this calendar year, yesterday declining by a further 100.8 points or ...