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DO WE need a 'wall' on Wall Street? The question looms after traders' computers spiralled out of control and sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a nearly 1,000-point plunge last week. It appears that Wall Street is becoming less a place where businesses raise capital and more a traders' playground. Billion-dollar investors and their million-dollar computers are an expanding reality in sto... more

(SINGAPORE) The number of private homes that developers launched and sold in October slowed to their lowest levels since housing sales began their revival in February, according to latest official figures. While the outcome was expected, the big question is how long it will take for home sales to rev up again.
Buyers, especially in the price-sensitive mass-market segment, had begun to be fatigued … more

ONE big question that emerges from the whole sorry Sino-Environment saga is why trading of its shares continued for six months after it became likely that the company would be brought down by the problems that beset it.
Waste recycler Sino-Environment hit the headlines in March when its founder and chairman, Mr Sun Jiangrong, abruptly admitted he had put the company in jeopardy as a result of exce… more

As far as US monetary policy is concerned, the answer to this question became fairly clear this week. The weak labour market data had already prompted speculation that an exit from the ultraloose monetary policy was still a long way off. This week, comments from several US policymakers confirmed this…

Question: if investors are piling into ‘risky’ assets, a new version of the ‘carry trade’, then why aren’t they selling the Yen? Refugees from zero interest rate policies are understandable, but the pieces do not fit the puzzle properly. Last week’s ‘doji’ candle denotes instability at current levels, while all…

Investors would like a definitive answer to the question: Is the economy in fact in recovery?