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Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... looking back. Uncle Ben has learnt his lesson enough - not only because he's renowned for being a scholar of the Great depression but also after QEs 1 and 2 -- that taking the punchbowl away halfway through the party only ends in tears. He's not going ...

Serpentine fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... Harbour in 1941 also happened in the Year of the Snake and so did "the 1929 stock market plunge that heralded the Great Depression". "ASIAN soothsayers have predicted a stock market slide, escalated conflict, and more Gangnam-styled success for Psy in ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... works (didn't I Stuart?)... or rather QEs work. Now everybody's - even the headlines - are talking about reflation and the great rotation. Reflation. Yes. The central banks are still onto it... and are being joined by others. The Reserve Bank of India ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... third time lucky for Greece. But this is highly doubtful given the huge amount of their debt and their deficit and the depression the economy is currently experiencing. Both due to the government's half-hearted resolve. One half -- the austerity measures ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... and historically they tend not to last much longer than that." While the secular bear market which followed the great depression of the 1930s took an age to play it out, it is generally accepted that these periods last around 10-15 years. "The next big ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... loose. But we had previous 'scary' episodes before in financial and economic history - notably the GFC and the Great Depression. All of them provided great entry points for the brave and those looking at the 10-year future and not the 10-minute tick. ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... just like the market for equities. But with its risk/return profile swinging towards greater risk (unless we get a depression), bond investors should keep one eye on the exit. That, or load up only on AAA-rated bonds. There's only a handful - seven - ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... young, and will commit to freeing up bank lending to small- and medium-sized companies." Even that scholar of the Great Depression realised this. In his testimony before the US House of Representatives just a little over than a week ago, Fed Chairman ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... that unless the right course of action was taken, the world could slip into a "1930s moment", referencing the Great Depression sparked by the 1929 Wall Street crash. "A moment [which would] ultimately lead to a downward spiral that could very much engulf ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008" in modern economic history, and it was the Great Depression of the 1930s and thank goodness I wasn't still around to experience the long queues for the dole and the soup kitchens ...