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Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
If it were not so serious, I would think that Wall Street's overnight fall was in commiseration to Michael's memorial. Have the green shoots withered and died and are now being buried alongside MJ? The S&P 500 fell by two 2 per cent, the Dow was off ...

Refreshing pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Sellers...you've been warned. Given the magnitude of yesterday's decline on Wall Street, it was almost inevitable that stocks in Australia and the Asian region would succumb to gravity. Pause that refreshes. Overnight action on the Street confirmed ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Be scared...be very scared. Yes, the spooks were out again overnight, sending many investors out of Wall Street. Have the bulls been sucked in? Have the bulls become greater fools? While we were sleeping, the S&P 500 tumbled by 3.1 per cent, taking ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Have we? Haven't we? Left bottom that is. Or is the taxpayer's impatience to get their money back and authorities' over zealousness to erect new 'thou shall not' signs to police financial institutions taking us back to that dark place we left back in ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... holder of US bonds, Japan the second and Russia third. Like any investor they have a right to be concerned. The US budget deficit is forecast to reach 13 per cent of its national output by the end of this year (the UK no different). Japan - the second ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... three or four years?). Why this time span? Because it is when US President Obama promised, "Yes, we can!" cut the budget deficit in half, that is. If he makes good on his promise income taxes - personal and business -- will rise, taxes on goods and services ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
So much money has to go somewhere. With almost all governments and central banks of the world pumping liquidity into the financial system, it comes as no surprise that some have flowed into commodities. Along with the rally in the equity markets, the ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... wouldn't have warned the UK of a ratings downgrade because they think that it would be hard up in repaying its mounting deficit. If not banks would not be foreclosing on sub-prime borrowers. Debt repayment signals that institutions are healthy enough ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... always be there at the end of my prayer.' Like any rational investor, China has every right to be concerned. The US budget deficit is expected to reach close to 13 per cent of its national output this year. It could increase further as the Fed continues ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The month of May was always going to be an iffy one. Much ink has been spilt on research proving that the adage, 'sell in May, then go away', has a ring of truth. Well...now here we are, May's gone and those that went away regret that they did not decide ...