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Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Mmm...bargains In the words of Homer (Simpson, that is, "mmmm...bargains!" September's curse is in full swing. Wall Street dipped again last night. Why? Please explain? If you believe the spin, it was because stocks are overvalued, the US recovery would ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... debatable. Arguments for are as valid as those against. The point is this would contribute to a September pullback. China. Ahh yes, the economy that keeps on giving...its produce to the world...and its money to the US. Is this just a coincidence or what? ...

September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Zap!...Ka-pow!...Thwap!...Sprunch! The dead cat bouncers hit back! 'Twas only yesterday I was pondering the timing of when the bouncing dead cat would hit the ground again. For as adamant as the dead cat bounce camp is that the deceased feline will ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... month in Financial Standard's Vantage Point publication. Earnings...check. Economics...check. What about investor psychology. Ahh, yes...that unquantifiable and fickle human emotion. Let me put it this way. There's a US non-bank lender called CIT Group. ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... am working for the wrong company. For where else could employees nearly destroy a business and get rewarded for doing so? Ahh but there is. Citigroup is reportedly following similar moves by Morgan Stanley and UBS. I take my hat off to these institutions. ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... government hand out to Lucky Australians. And the Budget Papers? How many fish the pages could wrap and origami it could create. Ahh, the good old days. And why not? Times have been good. It has been almost a generation since 'The Lucky Country' experienced ...

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Oh no! Not another bear market rally. While we were sleeping, Wall Street stumbled again overnight. After four weeks of consecutive gains, Wall Street took a breather last night and gave back a little of its previous gains. Yes, you read it right - ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... quarter. The normal measure - the straightforward growth rate - shows the US economy declining by only 1 per cent in December. Ahh...but that won't get people rushing to buy papers would it? And to further put things in perspective, year-on-year US real ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... This is well and good. But this begs the question, where will the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury get all this money? Ahh.... there is the printing press of course. Because of the US dollar's status as the global economy's major reserve currency ...