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Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... yearly payouts at 4.5 trillion yen (A$54.7 billion). Large holders of US treasuries had already been net sellers, with US Treasury statistics showing China selling down its stake from US$1.175 trillion in October 2010 to US$1.160 trillion in December. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... bailed-out insurer American International Group fell 0.6 per cent. AIG repaid $US6.9 billion ($A6.85 billion) to the US Treasury Tuesday thanks to the sale of its equity stake in US rival MetLife. Electronics manufacturer Texas Instruments plunged 3.1 ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... competition with stocks for investors' money. Nice story, isn't it? Until you look closer and see that the 10-year US Treasury yield of 3.69 per cent and 30-years at 4.76 per cent are still at a discount to the S&P 500's earnings yield of around 5.5 ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... push up their GDP growth. If this restores confidence in the US economy, it will encourage capital flows back into US treasury bonds that should take the upward pressure off the Australian dollar. "It will cause Australia to no longer be the wonder economy," ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... press admonishing China about its undervalued currency that gives Chinese exports an unfair advantage. Just last week, US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told the press for the nth time that Beijing needs to let the yuan appreciate "more rapidly." Chinese ...

Aviva Investors outlines top tips for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... global equity markets should benefit from a prolonged period of loose US monetary policy. But the recent spike in US Treasury yields could get a lot worse, according to the UK based manager. "Don't underestimate how much higher US bond yields can rise ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... Refinancing applications jumped 6.0 per cent over the month 53.0 per cent in the year. You want more good news? The US Treasury reported that the US budget deficit dropped to US$140.4 billion in October from US$176.4 billion a year ago. And why is this ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... currently in the range of 5 to 6 per cent - roughly twice what is on offer domestically and three times the 10 year US treasury yield. Meanwhile, the combination of a rising Aussie dollar and a soft US housing market means that from an Australian perspective ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... concrete guidelines that would enforce concrete actions to prevent unilateral policies from the other mammoths. Too hard. US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner tried... and failed. He suggested limiting current account imbalances to four per cent of GDP. ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Fed's expected QE2 is overestimated. Brazil Finance Minister Guido Montega revealed to reporters his bedroom talk with US Treasury Timothy Geithner. "He said he doesn't intend to allow a devaluation of the dollar." He assured me that the policy is not ...