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Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
A funny thing happened on the way to the financial markets last night. There were no significant changes to the landscape - but one could sense the smile on investors' faces if one cared to look. It's risk on one more time Virginia. Wall Street's up ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
There's more negative news out overnight. What? There's more bad news out overnight. What? Can't hear you. Yes Virginia, if you're looking for reasons to sell there were big numbers out last night that on other days scream SELL! But Wall Street would ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Now you see? Investors really do see what they want to see. Oh yes Virginia, the drip, drip, drip of economic reports and other news twittered, facebooked and blogged all over cyberspace were enough to send any bear to bear utopia - but they didn't. ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Surprise, surprise! There were more negative/depressing data releases over the past 24 hours than over the past few "days of fear" combined, yet most equity markets ended on the up and up. No Virginia, I'm not talking about ol' Dominique Strauss-Kahn ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Office of Financial Management will hold a tender for the issue of $750 million of October 2014 bonds In equities news, Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti will address an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sydney. On Thursday, the ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The bad news just keep piling up don't they? And from the looks of them, they're everywhere. Let me take you to a bad news tour around the world Virginia, starting from our very own land DownUnder. If you're watching carefully, you'll notice that recent ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Rising inflation. Sagging earnings. Sliding oil price. They were the culprits! They sucker punched Wall Street down to its knees while we were sleeping. No Virginia, not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
Destination: Highway one point seven zero. Yes Virginia, this is what the current euphoria on the Australian dollar has led to - the currency is now extrapolated to reach 1.70 against the US dollar by 2014. According to The Australian newspaper, not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... bank reporting season continues, with Westpac Banking Corporation issuing first half results during the morning. Airline Virgin Blue launches its "new face", and Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Sydney. Sigma Pharmaceuticals chief ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Financial markets celebrated the death of the most wanted man in America - Osama bin Laden. And if you believe the insta-blogs on cyberspace, it's all because Osama's death (martyrdom to others) put a huge dint on terrorism - or something like that. ...