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A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
All eyes, ears, and noses are on the Fed and how it crafts its forward guidance when its 2-day FOMC meeting concludes tomorrow. Yes, it's forward guidance for there is nothing in the stars pointing to a lift-off announcement when tomorrow comes. While ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... high. The numbers of the past week say that contagion is now only in the minds of some finance scribblers. Greek 10-year bond yields jumped by 160 basis points to 12.72% last week but Portugal's ones - the closest follower - rose by only 40bps and to ...

US bond investors fund Australian wind farm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... this time. The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, your uncle and his dog, this time, couldn't have enough of the green stuff - the US dollar. The US dollar index (for major currencies) appreciated by 7.3% from its lowest level to the highest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... psychologically important level, one week after the European Central Bank began its 1.14-trillion-euro ($A1.58 trillion) bond-buying stimulus. Frankfurt's benchmark DAX 30 soared 2.24 per cent to a new record close at 12,167.72 points. The DAX has gained ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... eurozone's main markets mostly rose, ending on a optimistic note after the first week of European Central Bank's massive bond-buying program to stimulate growth and ward off deflation. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index gained 0.87 per cent to hit a new record ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... reform" tragedy - but known in Greece as "money or we Grexit" thriller. But there was certainly no conflict of emotions in the bond market. Yields on 10-year euro area bonds dropped another 8 basis points to a record low 0.26%. They've fallen all of ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... another 0.8% overnight, taking its year-to-date gain to 8.8% (compared with the S&P 500's 2.4% appreciation). While euro area bond yields have ticked up one basis point last night, they're down 20 bps from the start of 2015 and 160 bps lower from the ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... European sovereign debt crisis of recent past - you know the one, the one when any mention of Grexit sent all other European bond yields soaring and stock markets dropping. Its name was contagion. Because of the fear of as well as actual contagion, Greece ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... already at around 60% of GDP - once the euro receives a dumping "when" the ECB announces QE. All indications point to a QE green light come 22 January, the currency markets are so sure - the euro has, as of this morning, fallen by around 17% against ...