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Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... this case, Vlad's hands are gripping their cojones - the more 'the west' tightens the noose, the harder Vlad squeezes. Yeouch! The sanctions would hurt 'the West' as much as it hurts Vlad. This is perhaps one of the reasons behind Wall Street's downing ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... a single day! The result was immediate. The Turkish lira jumped by 7.4% from a low of 2.32 per USD to 2.16 a greenback. YEOUCH!...but would it last? The lesson from the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis provides the answer and it's an emphatic NO. Asian ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... US$1.1 trillion of US Treasuries and guesstimated to be holding around US$900 billion of euro bonds. That'll be one mighty YEOUCH! Be careful, extra careful, what you wish for.

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... down 17% from the previous day for a total dive of...wait for it...92.9% from the US$50.66 high posted on 11 July 2008. Yeouch! As with many of the troubles that still plague the global economy, this too is made in Europe. Carbon prices fell after the ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... economic contraction, more request for financial assistance. To top this all, a bailout comes with austerity strings attach. Yeouch goes the Spanish economy. And then, there's the question of whether the 100 billion assistance package would be enough. ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... Italy which just today saw its credit rating downgraded to A/A-1 from A+ by Standard & Poors. There could be a one mighty yeouch should these dominoes are allowed to come a-tumbling down one after another. That's why it's crucial that the Europeans hold ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Yeouch! You can hear this cry from New York to Rio and old London town as financial markets received a battering. Somebody must have forgotten to tell the markets it's only August and not October. Equity markets, commodity markets and bond yields (bond ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... reductions of public servants, a freeze in government hiring and for those who still have jobs - a 'crisis levy' on their wages. Yeouch! And yes, there would be a garage sale of Greek assets too. Let's hear a bid for the Parthenon, going, going. Now ...
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