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Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... of the Fed's portfolio into long-term US bonds in August 2010 only after the Dow has fallen by 13.6% from the April top to July. Operation Twist's announcement came in September 2011 after the Dow has fallen by 16.2% in the same month. The Dow's recent ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... still weak housing prices and falling equities, higher costs of living -- CPI inflation's up to 3.8% in August from 3.6% in July -- and lessened (if not outright) distaste for fiscal stimulation. It's not surprising then that US consumer sentiment, despite ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... accurately "guessed" exactly 14 months ago. Don't believe me? Read "Jumping at shadows no more", published on this space last 21 July 2009 ( http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/26309/ ). This also gave credence to claims that the US authorities' ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... enormously by region." Mr McCarthy said a rise in Australia's unemployment rate to a seasonally adjusted 5.3 per cent in July, compared with an unrevised 5.1 per cent in June, was adding to global fears. Qantas Airways posted a 4.3 per cent fall in annual ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... May. Next. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that home loan applications declined by 3.1% in the week ended 9 July. This is the lowest level since December 1996. MBA also reported that refinancing applications fell by 2.9 per cent during ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... of what is now known as the GFC. According to the WSJ, Kolchinsky wrote a letter to Moody's chief compliance officer last July saying that, "Moody's issued an opinion which was known to be wrong," and proceeded to cite other instances where securities ...

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... "earnings topped by an average 20 percent for the 16 companies in the S&P 500 that released second-quarter results since July 8." Profitability is coming back. This will surely, albeit slowly, be followed by business investment in labour and machineries ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... opener. The US economy is expected to have contracted by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter. Partial US indicators during the July-September period certainly points to this. Bu this represents only a scorecard of history, what is more important now is ...