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Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Tuesday next week. But as we Australians say, "she'll be right mate." The US bond market agrees. Yields of 10-year Treasuries have come down by 4 basis points to 2.95% overnight. Like I said yesterday, if you want to figure out the financial market's ...

Higher US interest rates possible on downgrade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... then rises as the issuer tries to attract more lenders. A decline in treasury prices could spark unexpected effects. Treasuries are widely held as collateral in clearing houses for financial derivatives, the Financial Review reports. A drop in prices ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... unleash hell in the financial markets, wouldn't we have seen a much bigger drop in equities than these? Wouldn't US Treasuries soar through the stratosphere as investors dump IOU's of a borrower who cannot repay? Oh yes, Treasuries rose all right. The ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... 7.8%. Given this, I don't think it makes sense for any investor to plough their money into the alternative - 10-year Treasuries - that's giving them only sub-3% in yield. And we get all these before factoring in QE3 if the economic outlook erodes some ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... Bocelli's "Con Te Partiro" You can tell by just comparing Bloomberg's headline today with yesterday. Yesterday: "Stocks, Treasuries Rally on Earnings, Deficit Plan; Oil Surges" Today: "U.S. Stocks Retreat on Debt-Limit Concern" Yes folks, it's another ...

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... 500's earnings yield at current levels is around 7 per cent. Comparing this with the sub-3 per cent yield on 10-year US Treasuries and it would be like choosing either to go on a date with Pippa Middleton or Lindsay Lohan. But that aside, Wall Street ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... a review for a downgrade? Seems investors aren't listening to Moody's any longer. If they did, they'd be purging US Treasuries off their portfolios - just as PIMCO did back in March - or simply not adding anymore. But that's not what current US bond ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... the ceiling else Uncle Sam would default on its debts. And that's a bad, bad thing. China, the biggest owner of US Treasuries, would suffer a substantial loss. And that's another bad, bad thing. US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner warned that if Congress ...

Upside in fixed income: Aberdeen

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... investments. Over the last year, yields on one to three year Asian sovereign bonds were around 200bp higher than US two-year treasuries. Locally, Aberdeen believes that bonds will deliver very similar returns to cash over the next twelve months and that ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...