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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... the previous month. Australia is one major beneficiary. Today, we'll get an update of the country's employment stats. Betting is for a 15,000 addition in jobs in February and for the jobless rate to remain stuck at 5.3 per cent. No need to cross your ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... economy's current state and future outlook. The report is out on the last day of this week's trading. Financial market betting centres on an additional 20,000 jobs lost in February and an increase in the jobless rate to 9.8 per cent. You'll be frozen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... their own job security to spend freely. Interest rates fell in the bond market as Treasury prices rose. Investors were betting that a weak recovery will force the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... ISM manufacturing index is weakening and the non-manufacturing index falling back in contraction territory. So for those betting on a continued climb in the US dollar from hereon based on expectations that the Fed will be lifting interest rates very ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... speculation on interest rates returns a major sport. This is usually accompanied by "they will earlier, they will later" betting with every economic data release providing evidence for or otherwise. I talk of course, about speculation on the Reserve ...

Not bullish enough, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... one they anticipated when they last met. While no one expects the RBA to raise interest rates tomorrow, current market betting is for an even chance that they will in October. The National Australia Bank (NAB) last week voiced out what many fear, predicting ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... did we do to dig ourselves out of the hole? We gave ourselves handouts and tax cuts and lower interest rates. Now the betting is that Australia's unemployment rate will peak at 6 per cent. Not too long ago, almost everyone it seems agreed we would see ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... rest of the world - down into. Things are surer Downunder. Heck, the Lucky Country is so lucky, financial markets are betting even-money odds that the RBA will start raising interest rates already as early as November this year. Yes! This year! I think ...

Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... just from the direction but through other ways," he said. Unlike the more basic tactic of profiting from volatility by betting on the movement of the fear index, Mauppin-Higashino said their strategy taps on not one, but three key engines of performance. ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... should hope for a 37.8 per cent gain at today's close to produce a zero year-on-year return. Good luck! Perhaps it's better betting on tonight's A$90 million OZ Lotto draw. Yes Virginia, expect another superannuation statement detailing your losses for ...