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Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... Think that's big? Wait till you hear the deficit expected for fiscal year 2010...a whopping US$1,560,000,000,000! The US Treasury was saying "no problemo, we could issue as many bonds as we like to cover this shortfall!" That maybe true...till last week...when ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... pen raising the renminbi's value? The same way that markets speculate that the US should not fear China dumping its US Treasury holdings due to self-preservation, the same self-preservation dictates that China could not revalue its currency. And should ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
"Absolutely not!" "That will never happen to this country." This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's when ABC News asked if he was concerned over a possible downgrade of America's credit rating. Worries about the US credit rating made the headlines ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... from investors about its acquisition of Merrill Lynch. Bonds gained on the renewed caution. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond eased to 3.719 per cent from 3.818 per cent Monday while that on the 30-year bond declined to 4.623 per cent against ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... bigger fish to fry. The Financial Times reports that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) - the regulator advocated by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last June to pre-empt and prevent the spread of systemic risks around the world in the event of another ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... as crude oil more expensive for buyers using other currencies. The bond market also fell. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond rose to 3.356 per cent from 3.349 per cent Thursday and that on the 30-year bond to 4.295 per cent from 4.288 per cent. ...

Sell dollars to buy stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... safe-haven US dollar and the riskier equities. Think about the expansion in the Fed's balance sheet, think about the US Treasury's massive leverage. And then overlay that with the mighty strong and safe Lehman Brothers. Safe haven US dollar my foot! ...

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... that the Fed would continue priming the economy until all the bears are driven out of hibernation. And this time, the US Treasury has got its back with US Treasury Geithner saying that, it is "very important to reinforce the progress we are seeing." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... four-day streak that had pushed markets to 10-month highs amid hopes of a global economic recovery. A big rise in US Treasury bond prices, which drove benchmark yields lower, dampened sentiment as the federal government bought debt in an apparent bid ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... readers - again - of Wall Street's age-old adage of "not fighting the Fed" - and especially not this time when the US Treasury and the White House have got its back. Many who doubted that the stimulus measures are going to work have now recanted - some ...