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Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... growth and inflation at home, they are also beggaring their neighbours. Yes Virginia, they're called "QE's" or "LTRO's" or "OMT's" or Quantitative and Qualitative Easing with a Negative Interest Rate" or "New Framework for Strengthening Monetary Easing ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... members have made inroads into reducing their debts and deficits. But my main witness comes in the form of three letters - OMT -- the one Super Mario announced back in August 2012. OMT or Outright Monetary Transactions involved the ECB undertaking outright ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
'Tis being my final type (drivel, to some gentle readers) for the year, we'll take a look back at the 2013 that was to seek the lessons it imparted and at the same time, divine what lies ahead at the other side of the New Year. Still beaming from the ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... date, they remain substantially lower compared with the all-time highs recorded in 2011 or in 2012 and even the day before the OMT's launch. A year of falling borrowing costs and relative stability in the Eurozone financial markets has, in turn, contributed ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
Was it good for you as it was for me? If you ask the financial markets this question, there surely would be a chorus of "yes it was!" They're still basking in the afterglow of Big Ben Bernanke's comforting words. In fact 'twas so good the Dow and the ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Phew! About time, I say. About time that Wall Streeters put two and two together. The rationale behind last night's higher close on Wall Street suggests that players have finally made the connection. That is disappointing economic data equals no Fed ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Here's a quiz for you gentle readers, when was the last time you felt the fear over the prospect for the eurozone? It seemed oh so long ago, doesn't it? It appears just a distant memory especially when you look at the current performance of the Europe ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... worrying. What about the tumble in commodities? There are two ways to look at it. The bearish way: Big Ben's QE3, Super Mario's OMT and action man Kuroda's bigger and wider APP are failing in their quest at reflation. This and, of course, the fall out ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Is this the tiny pebble that trips the bull? I planned to discuss how being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
I don't know if you're feeling what I'm feeling but I feel that the S&P 500 index is being quite a tease the past few days. While the Dow just went and did it - broken its record - the S&P 500 continues in flirt mode, heading towards it but not really ...
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