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Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... Nevertheless, this latest bout of financial market volatility has brought not a few investors back into the safety of US Treasuries. The yield on benchmark 10-year US Treasuries dipped below 2.0% on the Cyprus conundrum after gradually edging up over ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... and more than offset by the Fed's monthly purchases of MBS worth around US$40 billion monthly and US$45 billion in US Treasuries. So net-net, the US economy is still getting stimulated, is it not? And this is happening at the same time that the national ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... concluded, these are not "pure defaults-but as instances of defaults and restructuring". This is perhaps the reason why US Treasuries remain the go to asset class in times of uncertainty and trouble, even if it's over its own.

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... after the new chief of the central bank accidentally signalled recently a weakening resolve to control inflation. US Treasuries may not be overly attractive in this environment noting that in nations with proper political governance this would trigger ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... 6.7% and 4.4% away from the all-time high reached way back on 9 October 2007. Gold and silver and oil rose. So did US Treasuries. All because Big Ben did a Super Mario - not only in the QE sense but also in assuring the world that he'll do "whatever ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... that's what. You, I and Irene know too well about investors - seeking the return OF their capital - flocking into US Treasuries, sending yields on the 10-year to record lows and returns up 6.5% to date (after a 29.1% rally in 2011). And who can ignore ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... blown these scares out of proportion. Don't believe me? Just look at all the myriad of investors taking refuge in US Treasuries to ensure return OF capital. Yes, they've come back up a bit from the 1.46% low hit on 1 June, but at 1.65%, 10-year US yields ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... commitments has gone down from "extremely strong" to "very strong"." A year hence... Investors could not have enough of US Treasuries - 10-year yields have dropped to 1.57% from 2.56%. The US dollar has appreciated by 6.8% against its major trading partners ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... bil-a,-2bil worth of bonds. But isn't this already built into market pricing? Just have a look at the yield of 10-year US Treasuries. They were back up a little bit to 1.57% last night but not that far from the all-time low closing of 1.46 on the first ...