Sayonara, Yen
What do we have in Japan a year after Abenomics was coined ? A market that surged to the last day of 2013 and suddenly fizzled on day 1 of 2014, leaving market… Continue reading
What do we have in Japan a year after Abenomics was coined ? A market that surged to the last day of 2013 and suddenly fizzled on day 1 of 2014, leaving market… Continue reading
We are reminded of our own insignificance when we see wonders in nature and gaps in the USD/IDR, USD/MYR and USD/PHP charts like these ones. USD/IDR USD/MYR USD/PHP Is the world is rushing… Continue reading
6 years on and it has become an unofficial crime to be bearish. Conversations will freeze in the company of friends and suspicious gazes whenever your view was asked and you said you… Continue reading
The stars have aligned for both the English and Chinese Valentine’s day today, plus a full moon fever. So I will share some money saving tips with you. 1. Oranges instead of roses… Continue reading
The SGD/MYR has had an amazing run up this round to 2.6227 and we are near the historic high last seen in 1998 of 2.6935. SGD/IDR at a historic high today as is… Continue reading
The trouble I went through to change my brake pads recently was perhaps worth the cost savings of the trip to the wholesale distributor and the additional trip to the workshop, lugging the… Continue reading
How did I know that Oxley will not give us a break so soon ? OXLEY REOPENING OF 5.10% 2016 NOTES – Reopening of Oxley 5.10% Fixed Rate Notes Due 5 December 2016… Continue reading
Friends have been asking me where I think USDSGD is heading. Not satisfied with my “No Where” answer, I had to do the gun to my head simulation and being the recalcitrant that… Continue reading
The media is making brouhaha over the now infamous ‘failed’ ring at the 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony at Sochi. The Olympic symbol was designed by Pierre de Coubertin: “… [the five interlaced… Continue reading
Ad Hoc Commentary – commoditization of white collar work and the persistent rise of underemployment and unemployment
byThe machines of the 20th century were dumb machines that could replace brawns but not brains. To protect against the commoditization of labor, we invest about twenty years of our lives in formal… Continue reading →