For The New School Year
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2012
Let's kick off with the last posting for 2011. Looking at the trading for the last two weeks, I am seeing a potentially massive run up in the second liners from Tuesday onwards till the last few days prior to Chinese New Year. Why do I say so? The build up activity has been too obvious. Its like investors were all saying to themselves, "OK, let the...
The Debt Crisis In 2012
Japan has long been mired by an aging population, sluggish growth and deflation since an asset bubble popped in the early 1990s. The country already has the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world--about 220% according to the OECD -- and a debt load projected at a record 1...
Have You Heard Of Macy Chen?
This was from Pop Pop Music blog, what a wonderful discovery. Sometimes we "look down" on our music heritage" so much so that when respected musicians from overseas start to appreciate the local music on its own merits, then we go "wow, maybe there is something here".We go through...
Christmas Time
What do we celebrate ... most of us will see it as a great time to party, not that there's anything wrong with that. I would sincerely like to share with you three music videos that somehow brings forth the spirit of true Christmas to me.The first is the Matthew West song about the little boy Dax Locke, One Last Christmas, the kid's last Christmas...
The ECB Lending - Folly or Fantabulous
When the tap finally opens, banks (whether they needed the money or not), stretched out their palms. Much like the experience during the subprime rot when the Fed lent out money at zero rates. As one can see, the yield on government bonds in Italy and Spain did not fall, but actually...
The Song Remains The Same (NOT)
The internet has changed the playing field of many industries, in the way we produce, network and reach our audience. The internet is a great equaliser, it brings prices down, it makes almost everything cheaper. We get to cut out a lot of the middlemen in transactions. However, there...
