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If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... act, now is not the right time? What the? They either know something we don't - or smoking something we're not. For last night's data releases show that their respective economies continue to lose momentum. While up a bit to 49.8 in July from 49.7 in ...

No Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Ben passes, over to you Mario. While reports of Wall Street's disappointment over the Fed's inaction last night filled cyberspace, somehow I don't think The Street was really that displeased. The S&P 500 index closed down by only 0.3% as we awoke - ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... overnight lead. Local shares would stay in a holding pattern ahead of any announcements by the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday night and the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday, he said. "We've followed the US last night," Mr Weston said. "Markets ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... how the Australian dollar is becoming a major reserve currency. It has rebounded to a five-month high of US$1.0510 last night and up 8.3% from this year's US$0.9705 low hit on the first of June. The reason is quite clear - widespread expectations that ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia hamper the functioning of the monetary policy transmission ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... 2.8% overnight. Not surprising, when the going gets tough, the government bans short selling. Both Spain and Italy did last night - effective immediately. Spain banned short selling on all securities for three months and Italy banned short selling on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... "Across the board the market is having a breather," Mr Chatterton said. "We weren't expecting it to ease after a strong night on Wall Street. "It could be a bit of profit taking as the market trades within a range of around 4,000 to 4,200 point." US ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... for a bailout. No wait, Spain already did and the German Parliament just approved its a,-100 billion rescue package last night. So that's good news. Then again, Spain also had a failed auction last night. It sold just under its a,-3 billion target at ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... decrease in earnings." The economy is slowing, not expanding. And yes again Virginia. Uncle Ben repeated his reiteration last night that, "The US economy has continued to recover, but economic activity appears to have decelerated somewhat during the ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
Move on people, get going, nothing to see here. Wall Street went home happy last night despite Uncle Ben's much-anticipated semi-annual testimony before the US Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs being a non-event - a maintenance ...