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Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... highest level in a month "amid speculation the government will take more steps to bolster economic growth". And this from Bloomberg news, "Speculation that China's central bank will reduce interest rates or reserve-requirement ratios has increased before ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... of global payments, followed by the euro 27.2% and the British pound (8.5%). The yen made up 2.76%. And according to Bloomberg, citing a Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications' statement, "it was second for global issuance of letters ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... it, lift-off uncertainty - odds evenly balanced - would continue right through the other side of the New Year. As per Bloomberg, "Futures traders are pricing in a 21% probability the central bank increases it target range in October as of about 3pm. ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... the drop in the A$ to below US$0.70 overnight. The A$ has rebounded since and is currently flashing US$0.7043 on my Bloomberg screen. Is this a realisation that the currency warriors would eventually fight back? Then again, what our neighbours do is ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... output plumbs three-year low" (The Australian) and even spookier, "China Interventions Can't Hold Off PMI Contraction" (Bloomberg)? But the sensationalised headlines aren't surprising. What's surprising is that financial markets reacted as if the result ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... when Beijing reported growth of 7.0% in the June quarter, faster than consensus expectations for a 7.8% print. Back the Bloomberg even quoted Standard Chartered chief China economist Ding Shuang saying, "Downside risks are getting smaller... A modest ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... sparked concerns over a euro break-up that in turn, threatened to push the whole wide world into a recession. Here's what Bloomberg reported on the day: "Concern Europe's debt crisis would trigger a global recession sent investors to the relative safety ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Malaysia's 10-year bonds have jumped to 4.3% -- the highest since January 2014 - from a low of 3.75% in February this year. Bloomberg reports that, "Overseas investors cut holdings of Malaysian debt by 2.4 percent in July to a three-year low of 206.8 ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... as ESG approaches gain in popularity," he said. The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund aims to outperform the better of the Bloomberg AusBond Composite Index by one percent per annum and the RBA cash rate through a cycle (before fees). The fund excludes companies ...