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Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Jumpy! This is the word that came to mind when I was watching last night's trading action in the financial markets. Is it only me or has anybody else noticed that the "bounce around" in share prices have been shortening lately? It used to be a matter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... Wednesday morning after hitting its lowest levels in more than a year overnight. During the offshore session on Tuesday night the local unit fell to a low of 93.88 US cents after the Reserve Bank of Australia indicated it was open to an interest rate ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... economy...is bearish for commodities... stay away from the Australian and Canadian dollars. And to roundup our fear list, last night's S&P 500 closing level of 1099.23 points marked the breakdown of the 1100 technical support. To underscore its significance ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... perhaps three trillion euros -- is needed to stabilise the eurozone." At least there was some hopeful news out of the US last night. The US Commerce Department revised up second quarter real GDP to an annualised growth rate of 1.3% -- a bit better than ...

BBC denies trader a hoax interview

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... based independent trader, Alessio Rastani claimed in an interview, aired on the BBC on Monday that he went to bed every night "dreaming of another recession". "This is not a time right now for wishful thinking that governments are going to sort things ...

All eyes on Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... been warned. As predicted, the hope trade went puff overnight. Wall Street and European equity markets ended lower last night as the rumours that littered the previous day's gossip mills proved to be lies - pure, simple, damned lies. There is no truth ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... as saying that it's "just bizarre". It may have been bizarre for Wall Street too. It only gained 1% plus a few bips last night with the futures market showing the three major US indices - S&P 500, Dow Jones and the Nasdaq - now trading in the red. It's ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... This, and the return of relative calm in the financial markets over the past two days - not to mention the big rebound last night - could again weaken Europe's resolve to tackle the crisis once and for all. Europe has F (fooled, not the other four letter ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... governments, businesses, investors and households. The IMF and the Fed and the World Bank's warnings confirmed these. So did last night's stats that showed China's preliminary manufacturing PMI falling to a two-month low of 49.4 in September from 49.9 ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for 2011 at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian Hedge Fund Awards, held last night in Sydney. Other winners were Evergreen Capital, winning Best Emerging Manager; Best Long Short & Absolute return fund was ...