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On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... when itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie Greece threatened to go it alone - never mind the GFC, that was oh so long ago. Fear of a Grexit led to fears of a eurozone that'll lead to a European depression and financial market turmoil that'll spark a US double dip ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... there's the eurozone. They're still in recession yes but talks of a crisis or disintegration has died down. So has that of a Grexit. Many are now convinced it's Grexin. Yes folks, it's been pretty smooth sailing until... UK Prime Minister David Cameron ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... has showed its hand. Tough talking as it may be, it has granted concessions after concessions to Greece. It won't allow a Grexit. It won't contemplate bankruptcy. To do so would be asking for an even greater headache for the eurozone. As 'The Economist' ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... is it Europe? There'll be an election there too the day after the US elections - in Greece. Yes Virginia, it's another Grexit in the making. Told you they should have cut it loose the first time, or the second, or the third, or the... Three years on ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... the need to get Europe onside. I could only assume that this is because the troika report on Greece would be bad. If so, Grexit becomes an issue again, then contagion speculations, then market volatility and ructions. And this will smell BO - bad for ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... bright side, almost everyone and his dog are expecting the worst and presumably have already accounted for the risk of a Grexit and/or a Eurozone bang. Only two more sleeps - or sleepless nights - to go.

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... reactions - up or down, depending - but no matter what the Greek election results may be, there'll be life for equities. No Grexit is good news. Grexit is bad news that's good news. This is because the resulting panic selling may well be enough for Uncle ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... R for while I correctly anticipated that heightened volatility in the financial markets would remain for as long as the Grexit issue remains unresolved, I was so, so WROng in wishing and hoping and praying that the optimism we've seen over the past few ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
Now look at that! Wall Street and most European stock markets ended on the plus side last week despite that nagging Grexit feeling - and its potential to be followed by an Irexit, Portexit, Spanexit and Italexit - that'll culminate in a eurozone kaboom. ...