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Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... other information and... voila! We have confusion. Try reconciling these for instance: Japan revving up its quantitative easing versus the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's interest rate hikes; speculation of a slowdown in China and ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... by Greece's sovereign debt crisis. But this might be resolved through concerted action by the G-20 and/or quantitative easing by the European Central Bank. Or perhaps... China could buy Greece. In the end, this correction could prove to be another good ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... not for now at least. US bond yields are expected to rise soon, starting when the Fed begins to unwind its quantitative easing. At its January Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Fed confirmed that it would be closing some of its emergency ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... thought it would be challenging because major world central banks are getting itchy fingers in withdrawing their quantitative easing programs and/or pondering inching interest rates higher. We thought it would be challenging because - by populist demand ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... yields to continue attracting investors to fund this deficit. Even more so if the Fed's plan to unwind its quantitative easing program on April 2010 proceeds as scheduled. This argument may be rational but could also be fallacious if you consider that ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... money flooded into the system by government stimulus packages and central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing had their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.28 per cent - significantly cheaper ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... central bank announced a reduction in interest rates. Not one announced further policy easing measures such as quantitative easing, extra purchases of short and long-term bonds and other assets, and so on. Not one announced acceptance of lower rated ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... money flooded into the system by government stimulus packages and central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.70 per cent - significantly ...

Ten years is too short: CBI

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... valuations during economic turmoil is highly misleading. Over the last year stock markets have tumbled and quantitative easing has affected gilt yields. This approach left schemes facing huge swings in their financial position on a day-by-day basis when ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... money flooded into the system by government stimulus packages and central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.70 per cent - significantly ...