Liquidity Crunch Time Coming For Bonds

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This is probably the last thing banks will tell their hard earned bond customers and rightly so, because warnings often come as the fine print in those lengthy pages of documents we are… Continue reading

3 Upcoming SGD Bond Issues To Note

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UNITED ENERGY GROUP LTD 467 HK United Energy Group, Ltd. is engaged in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. The  Company owns and operates a producing oilfield Liaohe Province of… Continue reading

Fx Thoughts : Gold, Bitcoins And The Mighty Dollar – Animal Spirits Forever !

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I read an interesting UBS report on why Gold is coiled to spring higher from here. Using their in house model on the probability that the Fed would reflate in 6-12 months that… Continue reading

Australia Focus : You’re Unbelievable

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SG&v=waacof2saZw&hl=en-GB Chorus : The things, you sayYour purple prose just gives you awayThe things, you sayYou’re unbelievable Unbelievable stories from Australia : Boozy Feral Pig Steals Beer From Campers, Gets Drunk and Starts… Continue reading

The Changing Face Of Employment & The Lost Purpose Of Life

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Fantastic headlines which managed to wipe the October blues away in one clean sweep for the USD rally to continue unchallenged. The feedback from all professional fronts on the latest American job numbers… Continue reading

China Focus : To Smote The Little Pearl Of The Orient

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Not sure if anyone has noticed that the CNH/CNY spread is widest in 2 years. It has always been CNH the stronger and CNY tempering it’s strength but it is not since the… Continue reading

Zico Files : After the stand-off – The Hang Seng Buy list

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Assuming that the stand-off between the various protest groups and the SAR government gets resolved and business returns to some normality in HK, I expect the Beijing government to be more business/investor “friendly”.… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Change of Month, Change of Heart

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We had a change of month and a change of heart, it seems, in the markets. Alibaba timed the market high this round and we are down over 3% from that fateful 18th… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – corrupting America’s ‘Praetorian Guard’?

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“…The Praetorian Guard wasn’t the only elite unit to protect Roman rulers. Early emperors also relied on the Imperial German Bodyguard, a special corps of Germanic tribesmen native to the Rhine River region.… Continue reading

Singapore Stock Alert : Hyflux

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I thought I better point out that Hyflux has taken a dip recently with their share price approaching their 5 year low back in Dec 2011. Share price is down 12% year to… Continue reading