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Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... various financial news services are trying to convey. "Wall St ends on 17-month high as rates hold" was Reuters' headline. Bloomberg had "U.S. Stocks Rise as Fed Pledges to Keep Rates at Record Low". Sensational aren't they? If you read just the headlines ...

Wen has spoken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... man has ever created' only highlights the market's pre-occupation with anything and everything scary. Incidentally, Bloomberg quoted data compiled by Yale University Professor Robert Shiller again last night, saying that the S&P 500 would need to sink ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... of England both kept their respective policy interest rates steady. And in Greece...the sage continues. And in Asia, Bloomberg reports that Shanghai's economy has now exceeded that of Hong Kong's. "Shanghai's gross domestic product grew 8.2 percent to ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... another. US equity indices were generally flat on the day, down for the week and up on the month, which, according to Bloomberg, is the best month since November last year. Now analyse that! It has something for everybody. Bull? Point to the monthly ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... orders ex-transportation. And to sensationalise this stat further, it is the biggest fall since August according to Bloomberg. Admittedly, the media may have a point because the bigger-than-expected rise in durable orders was due to a 19.2 per cent jump ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... bo-ring action on Wall Street overnight. "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Commodity Shares Drop, Banks Advance" was the headline on Bloomberg as it tried to justify the 0.1 per cent slip - on low volume - in the Dow and the S&P 500 overnight. And right on cue ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... that HP and Procter & Gamble beat earnings estimates. But this has been happening since the start of 2010. According to Bloomberg, "More than 350 companies in the S&P 500 have reported fourth-quarter earnings since Jan. 11, and about three-quarters have ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... Foods and Abercrombie & Fitch also reported earnings that topped analysts' expectations. Now we're talking! According to Bloomberg, "More than 350 companies in the S&P 500 have reported fourth-quarter earnings since Jan. 11, and about three-quarters ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... Intelligence Unit (FSIU). "Job losses worst for 18 years" (AFR). "Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%" (Bloomberg) were the headlines of the day when the ABS released the February 2009 labour force report. You can read about my commentary ...