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No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... unleash hell in the financial markets, wouldn't we have seen a much bigger drop in equities than these? Wouldn't US Treasuries soar through the stratosphere as investors dump IOU's of a borrower who cannot repay? Oh yes, Treasuries rose all right. The ...

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... 500's earnings yield at current levels is around 7 per cent. Comparing this with the sub-3 per cent yield on 10-year US Treasuries and it would be like choosing either to go on a date with Pippa Middleton or Lindsay Lohan. But that aside, Wall Street ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... a review for a downgrade? Seems investors aren't listening to Moody's any longer. If they did, they'd be purging US Treasuries off their portfolios - just as PIMCO did back in March - or simply not adding anymore. But that's not what current US bond ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... the ceiling else Uncle Sam would default on its debts. And that's a bad, bad thing. China, the biggest owner of US Treasuries, would suffer a substantial loss. And that's another bad, bad thing. US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner warned that if Congress ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... strategist Damien McColough said the Australian bond market opened Wednesday softer, following a disappointing day for US Treasuries. "The market has been very much rangebound for some time and I can't imagine that there's anything that would break it ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... ago. Changed my mind. Take it back! Paaa-lease. No wonder the equity market is confused. But not the market for US Treasuries. The benchmark 10-year bond yield rose by 16 bps to 2.95 per cent last night - the highest level in three months. You know something's ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... problem. And this is where it gets sticky, a conundrum if you will, for Australia. Because more Fed purchases of US Treasuries would lower their yields and devalue the US dollar. What these mean is that the added liquidity in the system this engenders ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... further - through quantitative easing - very soon. It would release more US dollars into the economy by buying more US Treasuries. And what do you get when a commodity is in such massive supply? The commodity loses its value. But it's not only the US ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... shopping of its own. Ahah! But here's the rub, investors who went defensive at the beginning of the year storing US Treasuries in their three stories deep, six metre thick bomb shelters are losing money. This means that there are more sellers than bond ...