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Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) and the Super Mario's "whatever it takes" pledge - reasons why Italian government bonds didn't spike as much this time around. Admittedly, economic fundamentals have a lot of catching up to do. Back in October 2007 ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... average of 16.3 times - you'll have a heart attack when you find that the valuation for its usual alternative - government bonds - is more than double that. US government 10-year bond yields are currently trading at a P/E of 48.5 times -- historically ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... risks." BlackRock recommends bond investors shorten their duration and emphasise higher yielding credit over 'safe' government bonds.

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... the ceiling on foreign purchases of Indian bonds by US$10 billion to US$75 billion. Foreigners could now buy government bonds worth up to US$25 billion (from US$20 billion) and up to US$50 billion (from US$45 billion) in Indian corporate notes. This ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... is playing a huge role in the price of Australian bonds." Before the GFC, approximately 20-30% of Australian government bonds were held offshore. By 2012, this number had jumped to around 80%. While countries previously viewed as safe havens are experiencing ...

Search for yield to become more acute: Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... manager identified eight key investment trends from its 2012 results. "This is encouraging investors to look beyond government bonds to income-paying assets with more attractive risk-reward characteristics," it said. While the theme is not new, Fidelity ...

Further rate cuts to tempt investors back into risk assets: Lucas

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... conclude that a global economic recovery is set in stone. "As always, a solid indicator is the long-term yield on government bonds that remain persistently low, strongly suggesting that investors have no fear, at this stage, of any recovery that will ...

Global recovery bodes well for EM bonds: Fidelity

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... returns, according to Andrew Wells Global chief investment officer for Fixed Income at Fidelity. While high-quality government bonds in developed markets appear overvalued (versus his fair value models), Wells expects emerging market debt to remain attractive ...

High rates saving Australia's economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... enough to stave off recession if the economy jumps off the Fiscal Cliff in January. Tripling your holdings of US government bonds since the GFC to nearly $3 trillion has a way of limiting your options. High US debt also means they can't use fiscal policy ...

Real estate better than bonds: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... believe that core real estate will continue to outperform, its glory won't last forever: the correlation with government bonds is high and low property yields could lead to higher price volatility in the future," she said. "Depending on your holding ...