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Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... Introducing...the man who needs no introduction...the man who moves markets...the Sage of Omaha...Mr. Warren Buffet. Bloomberg reports that one of the reasons Wall Street posted its biggest gain since February last night was because - wait for it - " ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... other way for the economy but to improve. Just look at the US company earnings reports released last night. According to Bloomberg, "Income for the first three months of this year is beating estimates at nearly the fastest rate ever, with 78.4 per cent ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... this time? There must be something in the water when solid corporate earnings result still gets it down. According to Bloomberg, more than 80 per cent of companies in the S&P 500 that have already reported their first quarter earnings have topped forecasts. ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... money -- to perhaps sway the "gods" to temper the commandment to, "Thou shall not coveth taxpayers' money... too much." Bloomberg reports that six of America's 10 largest banks are "pumping more money into the battle over the rewriting of the rules of ...

America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... politicians are urging their respective governments to halt business dealings with the investment bank. According to Bloomberg, the UK's Financial Services Authority " announced today that it will launch a formal investigation into Goldman Sachs' (GS) ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... Bureau of Economic Research Business Cycle Dating Committee has not yet certified that the recession is over. Heck, Bloomberg even quoted Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Chicago-based Harris Private Bank, saying, "Maybe investors' reaction to ...

Epoch focus on free cash flow pays dividends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... overpriced, even before the stock collapsed post-Lehman. "That whole analysis I did on Citibank, you can pick it right out of Bloomberg [data]. I didn't meet anyone from Citibank, there were no meetings... it's just that nobody looked at the problem ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it was time ...

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... all over the headlines. A handful of US corporates are deemed better able to pay their debt than the US government! Bloomberg reports that bonds offered by Berkshire Hathaway, Proctor and Gamble, Johnson and Johnson and Lowe's yield less than US Treasuries ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... mass destruction - the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced legislation yesterday ...