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Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... good... in April and May, that is. What about next month? And the next? Perhaps this is what's spooking financial markets. Nay, this is what's spooking financial markets. What happens when the austerity measures start to kick in and manifest itself in ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... Opposition could oppose the measures. Unfortunately, that's all they could do for now as they don't have any viable alternative. Nay, they don't have any alternative period. Two years is a long time. It looks unlikely today, but it is not within the ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... Research (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee - the courage to announce that the recession is likely over. He might be correct. Nay, he is correct. Data trickles in coming months would both confirm or question this conclusion. But those waiting for ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... supply, remember? Gold has come a long way from being an unloved asset. In the late 1990s, world central banks were even asked - nay, begged - to stop unloading their gold holdings to prevent the price from collapsing. Central banks at the time deemed ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... credit raters' tick of approval without doing their own due diligence. John and Jane Doe for borrowing against what they -nay, everybody - thought would be a never-ending rise in the value of their houses to finance conspicuous and not so conspicuous ...

Vote of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Here we go again. News headlines are awash with reports - nay, warnings - that Australian interest rates are headed higher. Who else would you have expected to trigger all this but the moneyman himself, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glen Stevens. ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... difference is another 9.4 per cent in foregone earnings - paper or otherwise - in your S&P 500 portfolio. As I keep reiterating - nay, insisting - time and again, by the time the headlines scream that the recession is over, the bulk of the gains have ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
No confusion here. Wall Street would not be dragged into reacting to reports that US home building has fallen to its lowest level on record. Just imagine what could have happened had this report reached the headlines six months ago? US equities ended ...

AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... announcing the biggest quarterly loss (US$61.7 billion) in corporate history. It sought more taxpayer money by frightening - nay, blackmailing - the US government that its failure would cause devastating shockwaves not only in America but also in the ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... for cake. Give them cake and they question why not the bakery instead. And while you're at it, throw in a coffee factory - nay, the whole plantation - but be careful not to spend too much. Australians cannot be faulted of course. Gen X and Yers grew ...