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Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... programme - "Outright Monetary Transactions" (OMTs); the US Federal Reserve announced unlimited purchases of MBS and Treasuries at a monthly rate of US$85 billion a month; the BOE and the BOJ increased their quantitative easing efforts; the People's ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... of cyberspace - is the very same night that the Fed (according to Bloomberg) made not one, but two, purchases of US Treasuries. "The Fed bought $937 million of Treasuries due from November 2024 to May 2030 in its first acquisition. In its second, the ...

Black Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013

Tapering still some way off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... inflation we have anticipated for some time," continued Leech. "In such an environment, spread sectors should outperform Treasuries and interest rates should largely be range-bound. "We continue to believe US and global growth are moving forward but ...

Now for a taper in December

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... interest rates stay at current levels, more weakness could be in store for the US housing market. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries (from which mortgage rates are derived) is currently at 2.52%. While down from the 3.0% high reached just before the ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... suggests that the US Federal Reserve may have trapped itself not to taper...forever. Recall how the yield on 10-year US Treasuries rose to as high as 3.0% about a week before the speculated taper in September. Apart from the fiscal brouhaha on Washington ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... they were. The S&P 500 index skipped to a new all-time high overnight, taking this year's total gain up to 21.5%. US Treasuries rallied and the yield on short-term US government issued bills - the most sensitive to a default - came back down to more ...

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... anyways. PIMCO CEO and co-CIO Mohamed El-Arian takes first bite. "You will have cascading failure, multiple defaults, and Treasuries that act as collateral would be very difficult to exchange and people will simply step back. It will be like Lehman ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... government out of commission. The S&P 500 index closed 0.80% points higher on the day. And while the yield on 10-year US Treasuries rose, it wasn't by much. It ended 0.04 percentage point higher to 2.65% which, in turn, is still 0.35 percentage point ...