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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... warrant keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run". As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) puts it, "In December 2016, for example, the Fed projects a 1.375% fed-funds rate. Futures markets put it at ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... corporate bond market is taking a hit. Third Avenue Management's high-yield credit fund shut down last Friday and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Stone Lion Capital Partners has suspended redemptions in its credit funds. Commodity markets ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... index - up 1.8%. As the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) puts it, "Australian shares rallied strongly despite falls on Wall Street, fresh lows in iron ore, disappointing Chinese economic data and the Reserve Bank keeping rates on hold" to which we could add ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... have to lift the fear and smother the greed. White-collar criminals are scared of going to jail. I had 10 years on Wall Street and going to jail is the thing that scares them most. When they come up to the 18th floor and they put people in handcuffs ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
'Twas the month before lift-off, when all through Wall Street not a creature was stirring, they do not weep." My apologies to Clement Clarke Moore for butchering his immortal poem but I find his words fitting - with a few adjustments - during this time ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... Will this time be different? The VIX index says yes it will. It dropped by 10.6% to a reading of 16.85 overnight. Wall Street says yes it will. The S&P 500 index rallied 1.6% overnight and yield on 10-year US Treasuries increased only slightly from 2.26% ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... away with "All 4 One's" tune. What I meant to type is, I swear this has happened once before. You know, the time when Wall Street "rejoiced" at the more likely than not prospect of a lift-off... and soon. Yes Virginia, there were no surprises in the ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
Ho ho ho and ha ha ha. The truth is out. Wall Street dipped overnight and so did the Euro Stoxx 50 - after their strong gains of the past week because, wait for it......because investors suddenly realised that the ECB and the PBOC's early Christmas ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... watching the Fed watch the economic data and financial market developments are more certain - the latest result of the Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) monthly survey shows that 64% of them believe the 15-16 December FOMC meeting will produce a lift-off. ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... Echos' just over a week after the Fed kept the status quo following their 16-17 September FOMC meeting. Perhaps, but Wall Street and the world weren't pleased when Fed Chair Janet Yellen maintained the suspense over the timing of the very first US interest ...