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The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... something BIG and NOW before the entire region gets buried under the growing mountain of debt. Not that they haven't tried. Yup, they tried and tried and tried and tried and tried - five plans announced to date... and counting. And they'll continue to ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... "dropped". S&P 500 down less than half a percent, Euro Stoxx 50 down 1.1%, FTSE-100 down less than a third of a percent. What the? Yup, I found out what scared the markets off, it's these headlines. In our current highly volatile trading environment ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... the country with loose change to spare - to drop some coins into the EFSF kitty. Now comes the hard part - implementation. Yup, we're not quite there yet folks. For as there are euphoric stories and commentaries and blogs on this accord, there is an ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... deliberations... and, oh, politics. Besides there might be any need for such if the data improvement we saw last week continue. Yup, those ones showing the US manufacturing and services sector expanding (ISM indices) in September, consumers buying 8% ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... part of the EU's comprehensive strategy to restore confidence and overcome the crisis." Nah, it's just the hope for a carrot. Yup, it's like any other form of motherhood statement we hear from politicians. Ask for details and you get... zilch. Likewise ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... it it's meeting its deficit reduction targets. Noticed anything? Yes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Yup, the same uncertainty that causes volatility that prompts a crisis in confidence in financial markets that's now migrating ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... next ride up in the equity markets. Big Benny is due to speak at Jackson Hole in front of other central bankers on the 26th - yup, that's three days from now. Many of us are expecting our big bro' to pull another rabbit out of his magic cap. Then again ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... the amount of stimulus being applied to the economy." There! Now tell me what impression do you get after reading all these? Yup, Wall Street was cactus last night. But no, it wasn't. The S&P 500 closed a bit higher than flat. Sure it lost the 1.3% gain ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... "deadlock", the MSCI Emerging Markets Index retreated by 0.4%. The "impasse" caused the Dow to lose 0.7% and the S&P 500 0.6%. Yup, grim reading. But if investors really, truly believe that America will default -- or the most recent scare, that USA will ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... you? That's China as Sir Lancelot. But there's another knight fighting the blues away across the Pacific - and his name is yup, it's him - Sir Ben. QE3 could be sailing on the water near us soon. Financial Standard's journalist, Alison Bevege, wrote ...