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Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... 1930s, the Latin American default in the 1980's, the Savings & Loan Crisis of the late 80s/early 1990s, the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s, the GFC in 2008. The world experienced the same scare back then. Talks of moral hazard, stricter regulation ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... growing economy in the world today. Think Australia and the battering the Australian dollar took during the Asian financial crisis and lately, the global financial crisis. The Australian economy dodged an economic recession in both episodes because it ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... already happened." Speaking of contagion, there were more countries downgraded to junk status during the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98. It was a big deal back then, sparking all kinds of rumours and speculation on how and why the crisis will bring ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... But 'the maestro' survived this. The same way he did the US Savings & Loan Crisis of the late 1980s, the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997/98 and the dotcom bust in the early 2000s. He survived all these. He wasn't called 'the maestro' for nothing! Now ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... did last time." Tsang was referring to Japan's zero interest rate policy that he said contributed to the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the bust in the US mortgage market in 2007. They're not alone. Japan has now come out. We would have thought that ...

Templeton and TAAM top EM review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... rated 'recommended' by the firm. While the emerging markets sector has suffered during events like the Asian financial crisis, the tech bubble and the sub-prime liquidity crisis it has delivered solid returns in the long-term. The recent developed market ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) for it wisdom and adroitness in handling the crises of recent history -- the Asian Financial Crisis, LTCM collapse, Russian default, the dotcom bubble, the US recession of 2002. The RBA shielded Australia all through these ...

Of bulls, bears and flatliners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... it is during these times that the biggest gains are made. Think 1987 stock market crash, think 1997/98 Asian financial crisis, think 2001 US recession. This time is no different.

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... up once in a while during periods of market stress such as during the stockmarket crash of 1987 and the Asian financial crisis in 1997/98 but overall remained within the US$400 an ounce mark. Last night, it closed above US$960 and ounce and looks poised ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... during Japan's lost decade in the 1990s. The Australian economy slowed but avoided a recession when the Asian financial crisis of 1998 spread to the economies of Latin America and Russia. The Australian economy slowed but avoided a recession when the ...