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Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... financial markets - that have already factored in the inevitable - to delay the inevitable? The yield on US 10-year Treasuries are now trading at 2.72%, 110 basis points more than the 1.62% low it was at last 2 May.A And this has already created havoc ...

Butterfly effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013

More taper talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... this scenario the market would lose faith in the Fed's ability to exit quantitative easing causing yields on 10-year Treasuries to spike to 8-10% and big falls in asset prices." "The stronger the US economy become, the greater the risk of this scenario." ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... day! But this isn't the case. The prospect of Fed taper still has the bond market on defensive. Yields on 10-year US Treasuries rose to 2.57% last night - 4 bps up from a day before and 117 bps from a year ago. Thus, me no surprise at Bloomberg's report ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... for the stock market...perhaps, even better now. US equities are advancing at the same time that yields on 10-year US Treasuries have remained around 2.5%. Stocks had a different reaction back on 22 May when yields started rising above 2.0%. It's all ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... read somewhere that money's for a September start (when) and by US$10 billion withdrawal each (how much) for MBS and Treasuries. And last week's data was good. US construction spending and motor vehicle sales came in better than market expectations. ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... only three months ago... and go long duration at that. Since he made the call on 14 March, the price of US 10-year Treasuries have fallen by 3.4% and the 'longer-duration' 30-years are down 4.6%. I'm on a roll so let's not stop there. In April this year ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... now Virginia. We're about to re-live the nightmare again. The problem this time is that the 'go to' asset class - US Treasuries -- during times like these are the very ones that are being hammered more and their volatility spiking way up into the stratosphere. ...