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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... strategist Damien McColough said the Australian bond market opened Wednesday softer, following a disappointing day for US Treasuries. "The market has been very much rangebound for some time and I can't imagine that there's anything that would break it ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... analysis was that the bond market did it and/or Cisco and/or inflation fears and or... The yield on 10- and 30-year Treasuries rose to their highest levels since April. The implication was that if the trend continues, they'll soon be offering stiff competition ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... stimulate the economy for free? Will any financial institution or the US government itself sell anything gratis? By buying Treasuries the Fed is trying to raise the amount of bank reserves, hoping that those reserves eventually gets lent out. And money ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... ago. Changed my mind. Take it back! Paaa-lease. No wonder the equity market is confused. But not the market for US Treasuries. The benchmark 10-year bond yield rose by 16 bps to 2.95 per cent last night - the highest level in three months. You know something's ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... worries" - afr.com.au. "Wall Street slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via the age.com.au Yes folks, it's over ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... the U.S. rather than overseas economies when trying to spur the recovery by purchasing an additional $600 billion in Treasuries." "Our first objective, the first goal that we have, is to meet our mandate to get price stability and maximum employment ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... problem. And this is where it gets sticky, a conundrum if you will, for Australia. Because more Fed purchases of US Treasuries would lower their yields and devalue the US dollar. What these mean is that the added liquidity in the system this engenders ...

Grand currency sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... further - through quantitative easing - very soon. It would release more US dollars into the economy by buying more US Treasuries. And what do you get when a commodity is in such massive supply? The commodity loses its value. But it's not only the US ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... shopping of its own. Ahah! But here's the rub, investors who went defensive at the beginning of the year storing US Treasuries in their three stories deep, six metre thick bomb shelters are losing money. This means that there are more sellers than bond ...