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September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
"They see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear and think what they want to think." This saying was on full display over the past 24 hours, Virginia... just look at the headlines. Yes, of course, I'm scribbling about the talk of the town ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... create hardship for Greece and "broad uncertainties for Europe and the global economy. (Yahoo News). More to the point, or shall we call it vested interest: "In today's globally integrated financial markets, foreign shocks have the potential to disrupt ...

Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... chickens, the kicking the can down the road. And then... the compromise, the deal, the extension. So it was since 2010, so it shall be till kingdom come. While I've penned a long, long time ago that 'bankruptcy would be bliss" for Greece and more recently ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... from the sharp slowdown in consumer spending to 1.9% in Q12015 from 4.4% in Q4 2014. But the FOMC thinks that "this too shall pass", it's due to "transitory factors" -- it's the weather, it's crude oil, it's the US dollar. It's the weather. Another severe ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Maybe June. Perhaps one of the 'ber' months of 2015. Could be early 2016 or later that year. Or... until the twelfth of never? This, as much, is what the much-awaited minutes of the 17-18 March FOMC meeting told us. That Yellen & Co, themselves, aren't ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... emerging markets (and the others) became less volatile and growth (at the time) appeared to be gaining momentum. And so it shall be with "considerable time". It'll become less considerable when the global economy is, in the words of Cher, "strong enough ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... pretext, including humanitarian". So there we have it folks, the fat lady hasn't sung yet. Geo-political risks remain and shall remain until perhaps, the US/EU lets Putin have it - Ukraine, that is, like they did Crimea and Georgia before it - or let ...

Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... Fed announced "Operation Twist" at its September 2011 meeting, then took off when QE3 was announced on 13 September 2013. Shall we see QE history repeat? To be sure, the European sovereign debt crisis was upon us in 2010 and 2011. And in 2011, the Jasmine ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Down on Putin one day, up the next. Down on Yellen one day, up the next. Financial reports now talk of investors re-assessing their thinking of what they thought they understood US Federal Reserve Chair (in this politically correct age) Janet Yellen ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... tyrants forevermore. And just as last year war mongering served more bargains and better entry points for investors, so shall this one. This becomes especially true when you consider recent macro releases. Better-than-expected US retail sales and weekly ...