tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post3524957318100835724..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: The oil rig industry in a tailspinChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-87526810474823141332016-01-17T23:30:03.546+08:002016-01-17T23:30:03.546+08:00
Come on lah!
Who can compete cheaper than them? ...<br />Come on lah!<br /><br />Who can compete cheaper than them? <br /><br />Their yards and their capability is no longer in the 80s. Now is 2016! <br /><br />Even steel is from their own backyard. Singapore still need to import.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-88610620338778359042016-01-15T06:12:15.133+08:002016-01-15T06:12:15.133+08:00Increased market volatility .....?
Elevated mark...Increased market volatility .....? <br /><br />Elevated market volume in a declining market?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-82839341133908206332016-01-15T06:05:16.596+08:002016-01-15T06:05:16.596+08:00Many similar factors are present but at many times...Many similar factors are present but at many times more magnified? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-52462007075760318362016-01-15T06:03:06.578+08:002016-01-15T06:03:06.578+08:00Remember the Black Monday October 1987 US stock ma...Remember the Black Monday October 1987 US stock market crash?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-78616527654640328892016-01-14T17:31:27.046+08:002016-01-14T17:31:27.046+08:00Win-win?
Solve economic problems and avoid confli...Win-win?<br /><br />Solve economic problems and avoid conflict at the same time?<br /><br />One stone 2 birds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-71073872379146992242016-01-14T17:28:35.770+08:002016-01-14T17:28:35.770+08:00China and US can TRY right hands "shake hands...China and US can TRY right hands "shake hands", left hands "catch onto each other balls" .....?<br /><br />"MAB"?<br /><br />"Mutually Assured Ball-lessness"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-73512114602349875662016-01-14T17:18:50.507+08:002016-01-14T17:18:50.507+08:00How?How?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-14731408781098793122016-01-14T17:18:00.909+08:002016-01-14T17:18:00.909+08:00// This would drag in politics from an otherwise c...// This would drag in politics from an otherwise clean economic deal.<br />Would anyone be sending a team to China to invite the Yellow Knight to save the day? //<br /><br /><br />So one possible solution to China and the US economic problems is probably contained delicately in the above quoted statements? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-47794579615242630852016-01-14T16:06:04.699+08:002016-01-14T16:06:04.699+08:00But FED chairwoman Janet Yellen is an ex-economics...But FED chairwoman Janet Yellen is an ex-economics professor at an Ivy League uni and she knew too well about the nature and ( neutrality ) role of money ( supply ) in the scheme of economic growth?<br /><br />So too vice-chair Fisher and the rest of the presidents and governors sitting in the FOMC .....? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-76537795865747321782016-01-14T16:01:12.842+08:002016-01-14T16:01:12.842+08:00For the US, with a lame-duck president in his last...For the US, with a lame-duck president in his last year ( of office ), the whole ( economic ) game is in the hands of the FED?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-53666164735820422782016-01-14T15:58:35.350+08:002016-01-14T15:58:35.350+08:00With PBOC having to "devalue to keep its econ...With PBOC having to "devalue to keep its economy afloat", it is written all over the walls? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-38219650426084506412016-01-14T15:49:32.276+08:002016-01-14T15:49:32.276+08:00The last hope ( all along in recent years ) was Ch...The last hope ( all along in recent years ) was China?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-23990116534178649352016-01-14T15:48:23.504+08:002016-01-14T15:48:23.504+08:00The cans are just being kicked down the road ( tem...The cans are just being kicked down the road ( temporarily ) for now .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-73507607402627456492016-01-14T15:46:22.904+08:002016-01-14T15:46:22.904+08:00Ultimately it may still lead to the FED ......
.....Ultimately it may still lead to the FED ......<br /><br />..... printing ( ever more ) to buy up the Treasury Bills sold every months .......<br /><br />...... By the time the next ( US ) President takes over in Jan 2017, how large would the US debts ( grown to ) be ( from current USD18+ Trillion )?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-74343238675812990382016-01-14T15:40:39.035+08:002016-01-14T15:40:39.035+08:00With China playing the ( leading ) role that it di...With China playing the ( leading ) role that it did post GFC 2008/ 09 fast fading, where is the ( economic ) impetus going to come from and where to find ( extra ) money to plug the ( chronic and deadly ) budget deficit going forward?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-23520917393583658602016-01-14T15:35:10.449+08:002016-01-14T15:35:10.449+08:00// The wheel of fortune is really spinning hard a...// The wheel of fortune is really spinning hard and fast. //<br /><br /><br />The hardtruths are the US debts are astronomical and mounting, infrastructure are antiquated, the ( economic ) growth and employment increase unsustainable in the medium and long term?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-21907482968519356342016-01-14T15:33:48.721+08:002016-01-14T15:33:48.721+08:00All the wealth of the past just ended up in the po...All the wealth of the past just ended up in the pockets of the super rich. No question about it.<br /><br />Now, they are creating all this meltdowns, which they are responsible, wait for lesser peasants to accumulate a little wealth once again, join them in the circus and create opportunities for them to clean those peasants out. <br /><br />The opportunities are always there for the rich, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-59115929700242169692016-01-14T13:52:03.060+08:002016-01-14T13:52:03.060+08:00The financial market knows the effects of the stim...The financial market knows the effects of the stimuli are ending ......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-30468346419260110472016-01-14T13:48:15.605+08:002016-01-14T13:48:15.605+08:00Typo .....
Should be "stimuli"Typo .....<br /><br />Should be "stimuli" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-54330836228333204842016-01-14T13:46:57.855+08:002016-01-14T13:46:57.855+08:00It is like a 70+-yo or 80+-yo lao ah pek?
If he i...It is like a 70+-yo or 80+-yo lao ah pek?<br /><br />If he is inherently unhealthy, Viagra or Cialis only works to a certain extent ......<br /><br />Eventually, all the stimulus would be ineffective in bringing about the desired outcome of strong erection. ..... oops ...... strong economic growth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-87130442804774213602016-01-14T13:41:28.901+08:002016-01-14T13:41:28.901+08:00Now the "biggest elephant" in the room ....Now the "biggest elephant" in the room ......?<br /><br />Look at the US?<br /><br />How long did and would the ( good ) effects of the zero-interest rate and USD 4.3 Trillion QE1, QE2, QE3 monetary policies respectively last?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-70451269639599710862016-01-14T13:37:48.207+08:002016-01-14T13:37:48.207+08:00No?
Look at China?
How long did the 2009 RMB 4 T...No?<br /><br />Look at China?<br /><br />How long did the 2009 RMB 4 Trillion fiscal stimulus ( good ) effects last?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-17853557719210333362016-01-14T13:35:53.162+08:002016-01-14T13:35:53.162+08:00Fiscal and monetary policies predominantly and inh...Fiscal and monetary policies predominantly and inherently are short term in nature ( in terms of generating economic growth ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1800436735887273632016-01-14T13:26:42.386+08:002016-01-14T13:26:42.386+08:00The "healthy" US economy on the surface ...The "healthy" US economy on the surface is actually "( very ) unhealthy" underneath? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-53749344174907196332016-01-14T13:24:21.847+08:002016-01-14T13:24:21.847+08:00The worries are on China AND the US economies? The worries are on China AND the US economies? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com