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Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... of Treasury securities as they mature." Bond peddlers certainly had fun - they got their wish. Yields on US 10-year Treasuries dropped to as low as 2.74 per cent - just a few percentage point above the 2.08 per cent GFC low hit in mid-December 2008 - ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... and is 0.6 per cent lower over the year. Lower prices and falling mortgage rates - thanks to safe-haven buying of US Treasuries, thanks to the European sovereign debt crisis - should encourage more purchases going forward. Increased house purchases ...

BNY Mellon JVs for China funds strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... Foreign Exchange (SAFE) for an initial investment quota. This quota will allow it to invest in Renminbi-denominated treasuries and Shanghai and Shenzhen-listed A shares on behalf of overseas investors.

Crédit Agricole signs on Calypso

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... application software provider of an integrated trading, risk and processing platform to financial institutions and corporate treasuries. CrA(C)dit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking division of the CrA(C)dit Agricole Group and has implemented ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... that's right. They're piling back into the US dollar. Reports overnight tells of China resuming its purchases of US Treasuries in March -- the first in six months. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury holdings by China rose 2 percent in March to US$895.2 ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... the US bond market appears to be unconvinced with the Fed's explanation. If it was, yields on 10-year benchmark US Treasuries would be coming back down, especially given the still uncertain future of Greece and its impact on the rest of Europe. Instead ...

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... reports that bonds offered by Berkshire Hathaway, Proctor and Gamble, Johnson and Johnson and Lowe's yield less than US Treasuries of similar maturity. According to the report, 18 March trading data show that investors are willing to accept 3.5 basis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... Jones industrials were off, and interest rates also fell as investors moved money out of stocks and into the safety of Treasuries. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 46 in February from 56.5 last month. That was well below ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... best, US bond yields would be coming back down. Instead, they are now at pre-Lehman Bros. Levels. Yields on 10-year US Treasuries rose by more than 150 basis points from 2.25 per cent at the start of 2009 to around 3.80 per cent so far this year. There ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... cash rate and it's not finished yet. The Fed is scheduled to stop buying mortgaged-back securities and long-term US Treasuries by end-March. Talks of withdrawal in the Eurozone are gathering pace. It's the same for the UK, despite an economy still in ...