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Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... for the dollar to further decline against the euro, pound and yen." Ok, ok. So America's man is telling the world that Uncle Sam does not want the US dollar to weaken. Yeah sure, pigs can fly. But action speaks louder than words. Pigs are bacon! With ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... world to dump stocks and stock up on bonds. And no other government bond offers the best defense like those issued by Uncle Sam - especially now that even the US Federal Reserve is doing some shopping of its own. Ahah! But here's the rub, investors who ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... domestic policy. On second thought, the RBA knows. It'll be the three I's. But what really is their policy? Now back to Uncle Sam. Shovel ready. Those worrying about the 121,000 government jobs lost in August should worry no more. President Obama will ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... Like the 1990 and 2001 recessions, jobs will follow continued growth. And if they don't, the US Federal Reserve and Uncle Sam wouldn't sit idly and watch the economy go down the gutter. In the words of my favourite model Rachel Hunter, "it won't happen ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... higher corporate profits and you'll find it difficult to justify a double-dip in the US economy. Especially when you have Uncle Sam and Uncle Ben at your side ensuring that the recovery continues.

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... perhaps it is worried about what happens when the adrenalin fix wears off or is taken away, perhaps it's looking at Uncle Sam's growing debt and doesn't like what it sees. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. But it's always the case that the simplest explanation ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... September. This is a sharp improvement from last year's double-digit worth of supply. American homebuyers have the Fed and Uncle Sam to thank for this. Fed purchases of mortgage-backed securities have lowered home mortgage rates while Uncle Sam's homeowners' ...

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... maintain a strong dollar" while at the same time stressing the government's intention to shrink its budget deficit. Uncle Sam wants to have his cake and eat it too! By sending Uncle Benny out yelling "free money" to everyone in the market place, he wants ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... another bubble that later on pops not only on their faces but on everyone else's? Because all the while that the Fed and Uncle Sam are re-liquifying the economic and financial systems, it's starting a crisis somewhere else. I talk of course, of the US ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... Street - and by extension, most other equity markets around the world -- would continue to edge higher for as long as Uncle Sam and Benny Bernanke (and their counterparts abroad) remain loose in their ways. Over the past few weeks, we've seen equity ...