Category Archive: Op-Eds

We Dont Need Growth, Just Self Fulfilling Valuations – Lessons From The Market

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It is harder to grow revenues and easy to grow valuations. In the past 5 years, we learnt the easy way – valuations. Same old company, same old house, same old building, same… Continue reading

Code Red, Red Alert, It’s All Red – Borrowing Without Repaying

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In a G Zero world, there is no leadership but one big vacuum. When the Fed tells us that they do not exist for global good, people and countries start looking inwards. “You… Continue reading

A Simple Life Into Month End – FOMC & BoJ Special

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Month end on Thursday, 31st October and we have 2 big central bank meetings that are poised to be non events. BOJ BOJ rate decision day and a glimpse into 2014 monetary base… Continue reading

Chinese Tapering While The World Eases

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It is easy to ease but hard to taper – just look at the Fed. The mini liquidity crunch in China appears to be expected even as CNY fixes to a new record… Continue reading

OCBC Goes To Hong Kong, Everybody Wing Hang Tonight

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302 HK – had my eye on it at HKD 78 thinking it was a good takeover target but missed out because I thought I would have had more time. Last done HKD… Continue reading

It’s Best Not To Know Too Much On Big Data Day

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One big slap for that ego when you find out that financial literacy does not work ! According to this paper mentioned in a Motley Fool post, Why You Are So Bad With… Continue reading

Cashing Up With Li Ka Shing

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It was just a fortnight ago that I wrote about the richest man in Asia. Sellers’ Largesse Continues With Li Ka Shing (tradehaven.net) 04/10/13 He is at it again in a short time.… Continue reading

Something’s Not Right With The Markets On This Blood Moon Eclipse

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We had a Hunter’s moon today. It is also known as the Blood moon. We also had a lunar eclipse earlier today just around moon set time at dawn. Eclipses are supposed to… Continue reading

De- Americanizing Today

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*DAGONG DOWNGRADES U.S. LOCAL, FOREIGN CURRENCY CREDIT RATINGS *DAGONG DOWNGRADES U.S. SOVEREIGN CREDIT RATING   EUR/USD POST SHUTDOWN AUD/USD POST SHUTDOWN USD/JPY POST SHUTDOWN GOLD POST SHUTDOWN It a global rebellion. Trouble is… Continue reading

2 Weeks Worth of Economic Data Coming At Your Face

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Existing Homes Sales Import Prices Industrial Production CPI Wholesale Inventories Non Farm Payroll PPI Retail Sales Factory Orders Trade Balance Unemployment Rate Capacity Utilisation CPI Business Inventories Building Permits Housing Starts TIC Flows… Continue reading