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Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... an easier pick, choosing the winning horse where there are equines a-plenty to bet on or the RBA's decision on interest rates where it's practically a coin-flip. One thing is for certain though - we'll know the RBA's decision (230PM) long before the ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Make no mistake, it is coming but if we continue to get data like these it may not be until Xmas... 2016, that US interest rates would be cleared for lift-off.

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... recent central bank moves. All I can say is it won't be a Xmas party for dear aunt Janet. Keeping the faith that US interest rates would be normalised soon would only serve to enhance the strength of the US dollar - already beefed up against by the ECB ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... monetary policy has been a source of volatility as the US Federal Reserve inches closer to starting to raise its interest rates off the zero bound. Adding to the uncertainty over the quarter was a series of events in China which raised doubts for many ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... reach the Australian market, but thinks that a rate hike could benefit Australia. "Once the Fed does start lifting interest rates we could see some renewed weakness in the Australian dollar below $US0.70," she says, and explains that this will continue ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement of September used to justify the US central bank's decision not to lift interest rates last month notwithstanding planet-wide expectations and preparations that they would. Chances are there's no chance that ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... property prices (specifically in Sydney and Melbourne), removing the biggest hurdle that's preventing the RBA to cut interest rates some more. Financial markets are now pricing a 57% 25 basis point snip in the official cash rate at the RBA's November ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... steps to bolster economic growth". And this from Bloomberg news, "Speculation that China's central bank will reduce interest rates or reserve-requirement ratios has increased before data this week that will likely show slowing exports and decelerating ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... reportedly "told a group on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meeting in Peru" that the Fed will raise interest rates this year. But (of course there's a but, it's Fedspeak), this is an "expectation not a commitment". "Both the timing ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... out of emerging markets is borne of this as the strengthening US dollar and/or due to the prospect of US higher interest rates killed off once profitable carry trades. The sharp falls in commodity prices is borne of this. The US dollar is inversely correlated ...