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Refreshing pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... Another bubble. You name it. The risk here is that by being boggled with concerns over the long run, governments and central banks are forced into a policy mistake. And there are now shades of the Great Depression mistakes emerging such as protectionism ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... the noise basket. While this is probable, it would not be anytime soon. It'll be asking for more trouble. How many central banks would see the value of their reserves fall if this happens? The biggest losers would be the largest holders - the BRICs and ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... followed overseas. This would be compounded by rising inflation sparked by soaring commodity prices. And what do central banks do to control inflation? I said "could" because there is still a likelihood that despite current popular clamour, fiscal and ...

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 ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity displayed ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... into overconfidence. When there is no more reason to hold back. This has not happened yet. And the Fed and other central banks? They are not bound to raise interest rates anytime soon. Sure time will come to pay the piper -- when national governments ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... of falling Libor rates - is evidence that the money flooded into the system by government stimulus packages and central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... that economies are still contracting, who are buying all these oil? Perhaps it is the Federal Reserve and other central banks demanding more oil to operate their printing presses. But more likely, given oil's sharp rise, consumers might not be all that ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... of falling Libor rates - is evidence that the money flooded into the system by government stimulus packages and central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has ...

Investors rush to oil ETCs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... far. The report also said investors are looking for "hard assets" to hedge against potential future inflation as central banks increase the money supply. Nicholas Brooks, head of research and investment strategy at ETF Securities, said the surge of inflows ...