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Did Crypto's crash or did they just have a bad hair day?

Saturday, January 20, 2018 by Views: 5302

October 18 1987 goes down as the worst day in the US Stock Market when the S&P500 lost 22.6%. This was nearly twice the decline experienced in 1929's 'Great Crash'. The panic that followed occupied the financial pages for months.On January 16, 2018, the CryptoCurrency CCI30 index of the 30 most...

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Throwing the FinTech baby out with the Crypto-bathwater

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 by Views: 1108

I remember walking back from a conference at the European Central Bank in late 2008 accompanied by the then Head of Risk Management for the ECB. We discussed what the long-term impact of the Global Financial Crisis that we were experiencing was likely to be. My comment was that regulation would...

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Who is driving the Singapore property market up?

Thursday, January 4, 2018 by Views: 622

After over 4 years of successive quarterly declines in residential property prices, the Singapore market has finally seen a reversal. From its peak in September 2013, the property market fell nearly 14% before registering its first increase of 0.7% in September 2017. Reports suggest that the...

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The Nobel Prize for Nothing

Monday, October 9, 2017 by Views: 532

Q: Why did the monkey sit in the tree?A: That's what he does. Its behavioural.Today is a sad day for the field of Economics in particular and for Science in general. Richard Thaler, the populist champion of the embarrassing branch of economics labeled 'behavioural', was named 2017 Nobel Laureate...

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Pink Elephants, Bank Runs and Bond ETFs

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 by Views: 891

Pink Elephant statements are of the form "I see a Pink Elephant. Prove to me that I don't see a Pink Elephant". Pink Elephants are subjectively held false premises that somehow become accepted fact.I chaired 2 sessions on Bond ETF's last week at the WBR Fixed Income Leaders APAC seminar in...

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Fish-Coin

Monday, July 24, 2017 by Views: 730

Cyber-currencies are hot. The Initial Currency Offering (ICO) craze is bigger than the finger-spinner. Should you 'invest' and what are cyber-currencies really worth?The basic logic behind a cyber-currency is that it serves as a medium of exchange to ease the physical difficulties associated with...

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The 3-point field goal and UBER's IPO conundrum

Friday, July 14, 2017 by Views: 516

The National Basketball Association introduced the 3-point field goal for the '79-80 season. An extra point could be earned for shots that originated from outside the 'D' therefore encouraging shooters to take more spectacular long shots. While initially criticised as a gimmick, the 3-pointer...

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Who loves ya Donald?

Thursday, May 18, 2017 by Views: 403

As the Global press corps and the US Democrats gloat over President Trump's travails this week, one would think that 'the Donald' has lost the confidence of everybody in the world. The accusation that the President attempted to pervert the course of justice in a conversation with the former FBI...

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Uh-oh: Emmanuel 'anti-establishment' Macron joins the establishment

Monday, April 17, 2017 by Views: 727

Within minutes of polling the highest vote tally of the French Presidential hopefuls, the Independent Emmanuel Macron received a slew of endorsements from the defeated conservatives, socialists and communists, as well as the leaders of the EU, the media and even the German chancellor Angela...

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The free trader's dirty little secret

Thursday, April 6, 2017 by Views: 538

Free traders' dirty little secretIt all started with Adam Smith and David Ricardo who together formulated the theory of absolute and comparative advantage. Basically, they opined that the reason countries experience rapid growth is because they get to specialise in the industries which have the...

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Did Crypto's crash or did they just have a bad hair day?
Throwing the FinTech baby out with the Crypto-bathwater
Who is driving the Singapore property market up?
The Nobel Prize for Nothing
Pink Elephants, Bank Runs and Bond ETFs
Fish-Coin
The 3-point field goal and UBER's IPO conundrum
Who loves ya Donald?
Uh-oh: Emmanuel 'anti-establishment' Macron joins the establishment
The free trader's dirty little secret