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Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... that, my friends, is why confusion reigns at this point in time. Nobody knows. Not even the Fed from the looks of it. Bloomberg reports that Fed officials, "may trim forecasts for U.S. economic growth when they meet next week to set interest rates as ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Moody's cries boo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
I though we've already settled this a long, long time ago. Greece is junk! But no! No! Bloomberg reports that the Dow erased its triple-digit gains overnight when Moody's cried boo. OMG! If we're dealing with a market that reacts this way, then it really ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... positive counterbalance to the ongoing debt crisis across the Atlantic. Bring it on Europe! The guess. According to Bloomberg, consensus predicts that the US payrolls report would show that some 536,000 workers have found jobs in May. If accurate, this ...

J.P. Morgan strengthens local derivatives hub

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... banking arm. Typically, many custodians outsource the valuation of these instruments to an external provider such as Bloomberg, said Braga. This development comes as J.P. Morgan TSS clients are facing more regulation around derivatives, said Braga. "Notwithstanding ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... factors to provide one bearish scenario. We already know how the bears extrapolate the European crisis - end of the world. Bloomberg even quoted the head of market analysis at Schneider Foreign Exchange saying that the European banks' problems will be ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... announced in 2007 that she wanted to be paid only in euros. " Supermodel Bundchen Joins Hedge Funds Dumping Dollars" was Bloomberg's headlne back on 5 November 2007. She may have suffered an exchange rate loss but at least she's still got her pretty ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... enough? The Fed has reopened its emergency currency-swap facility. This was closed only last 1 February. According to Bloomberg, "The swaps with the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Swiss central bank, as well as the Bank of Japan, will allow ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... Super Profits Resource Tax? Buzzz! None of the above. It was fatso and his fat finger and the rise of the machines. Bloomberg reports, "According to multiple sources, a trader entered a "b" for billion instead of an "m" for million in a trade possibly ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... reporting season remains equity-market friendly, there are also compelling reasons for investors to take a holiday. Stay. Bloomberg reports that about 78 per cent of companies that have released first quarter earnings results topped analysts' estimates. ...