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Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... the drain...again. Bad news. More qunat easing means the Fed will continue stuffing its balance sheet with long-dated Treasuries - which at current low yields do not seem to be good investments. Or good investments only if the Fed is anticipating another ...

Yen sunk but not for long

BENJAMIN ONG IS FINANCIAL STANDARD'S DAILY COLUMNIST ON THE ECONOMY  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... cent and decided to reinvest the principal repayments from agency debt and mortgage-back securities into long-term Treasuries because "...the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months." The same goes for the Bank of Japan ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... for the risk they're taking? Besides, given the current low level of yields, there is now little upside in holding US Treasuries. They are nearing their natural limit - zero. While this positive development out of Europe should have made Wall Street ...

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... Income and Outlays, July 2010. Two Spins: Spin one. "U.S. stocks fell, erasing most of the previous day's gain, and Treasuries rallied as a slower- than-estimated increase in American personal incomes fueled concern the economic rebound is slowing." ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... story out of the US economy and leading into today's session. We had all those usual hotspots rear their ugly heads: US treasuries rallying, gold was up, oil was down, base metals were down, so we were never going to have a praticularly solid day," Mr ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... cuts, casting another shadow over an already weak labor market." The bond markets like this... very much. Yields on US Treasuries dropped. Yields on US government bonds with 5, 10 and 30-year maturities are back down to their levels at the height of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Arca, Nasdaq and American Stock Exchanges was 7.97 billion, compared to last year's daily average of 9.65 billion. US Treasuries prices rose as investors moved out of riskier assets into safe-haven government debt, with the yield on the two-year Treasury ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... could be faulted for forming such a conclusion after reading the following headlines: "Stocks Rise on M&A Speculation; Treasuries Pare Gain, Oil Falls" - Bloomberg "Consumer sector lifts US stocks" - Reuters "Wall Street edges higher on Target" - AFR ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... "Although it is being painted as an ongoing stimulus, taking money from maturing mortgage securities and putting it into treasuries is actually withdrawing money from the private system. "The market has become very concerned. "The data supports the idea ...