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An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... of the world" prophesied by every other religious sect (almost forever) the sky did not fall on this day as financial markets did 'not' fear. Yes Virginia, did NOT fear. Despite the 'chicken little' headlines, the VIX index - the "fear gauge" - reached ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... been preparing for and are ready for a Grexit. I'm not so sure. For apart from the negative contagion in the financial markets and their negative consequences on the individual economies of the Eurozone, what is at greater risk is the very existence ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... troika have exhausted the third of the three scheduled talks this week and still... nada, nil, zilch. Still, financial markets remain relatively calm. The VIX index - the fear gauge - climbed overnight but at 14.01, is still below the 15.39 reading high ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But this game has always been played like this for the few weeks... ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Now that Grexit worries have been sorted - sort of - and a Graccident averted (yet again), financial markets are likely to look for the next big worry. They don't have to scour far, wide and yonder - it was out-headlined by Greece these past few days ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Hoo-wow! Houston, we had lift-off. Yes Virginia, financial markets from New York to Rio and old London town lifted off while we slept. Equity markets jumped while bond yields dived. These, because on optimism that a Greco-troika deal would be hammered ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... for the umpteenth time, believe you me. Each time the Greek "crisis' re-emerges, we get this volatility in the financial markets. Each time it ends with a kick of the crisis can down the road, promises and pledges made (on both sides) and then forgotten... ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... been "some discussion within the eurozone" of the implications of "less favourable scenarios" for Greece". If financial markets were spooked last Friday and were wetting their pants all weekend through to yesterday, shouldn't they be sprinting more scared ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... advisers. Speaking to the Bipartisan Policy Center last month, the chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), Kenneth E Bentsen, Jr, said the argument is not about what 'fiduciary' means but about the regulatory ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... decision on whether or not to kick Greece out of the euro, Europe has no incentive to risk the contagion to financial markets that could follow such a move that would force a default on all the remaining Greek debt, beyond what is due in Friday's interest ...