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ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... vigilantes will be out for more. Just you wait when Europeans come back to go a-begging in the financial markets next year. Bloomberg reports that Portuguese banks need to refinance debts amounting 85 billion in 2011. The Greeks need around 11.4 billion. ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... place, then the entire European continent must be in danger. I want more protection from the rape of Europa! Here's Bloomberg: "Credit-default swaps insuring Italian government bonds rose 22.5 basis points to 268.4, contracts on Spain increased 12.8 ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... least China's still growing. Ahhh, but Mr. Market fears that there too, something is about to go wrong. According to Bloomberg, "China's biggest banks are poised to hit government-set caps on lending and plan to stop expanding their loan books to avoid ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... "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 the age.com.au Yes folks, it's over cyberspace. Wall Street ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... reduced spending - down by 8.1 per cent -- but more importantly, because government revenues are rising. According to Bloomberg, "Individual income tax collections climbed 17 percent" in the year to October. Now how could the Uncle Sam collect more tax ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... "prevent hot money inflows from impacting their economy." What does the US have to say about all these? According to Bloomberg "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank must focus on the U.S. rather than overseas economies when ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... more countries have joined the currency devaluation/intervention/manipulation competition. Here are the snippets from Bloomberg: "Asian currencies fell to a one-week low after Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong Soo said today that measures to mitigate ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... cent in September. But the highlight of last night's market activity is the good ol' US dollar and its renewed slide. Bloomberg says, it "depreciated against all but one of its 16 most- traded counterparts..." Didn't I tell you Timmy's comments that ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... happened overnight. Wall Street climbed at the same time that the US dollar exchange rate went up. My trusted data source - Bloomberg - reported that, "The dollar strengthened against 13 of 16 major counterparts, erasing earlier losses versus the euro ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010