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Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... Ghost of Christmas Present. Banks/financial institutions collapse. Credit crisis. Financial markets plunge. Government Treasuries and major Central Banks flood the system with liquidity. Economies contract, workers lose their jobs, businesses lose sales ...

The best forecaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... per cent in May 2004 to 2.5 per cent (at the time of his testimony). What did ten-year bonds do? The yield on 10-year Treasuries fell from 4.72 per cent to 4.17 per cent during the same period. Several rationales have been put forward to explain the ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... and reverse - or at the very least limit the potential damage - the ongoing economic and financial malaise. National Treasuries have been throwing money at the system. Central Banks have been lowering interest rates. More liquidity will flow. But in ...

Schroders eyes credit markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... Doyle. "We now have yields in the sub investment grade market of close to 20 per cent. If we compare that to [the US] Treasuries that yields about 2.5 per cent - that's about a 17 per cent risk premium embedded in that particular asset class," he said. ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... concerns were fanned by Freddie Mac's US$3 billion 3-year debt auction, which sold at 1.13 percent premium to 5-year US Treasuries - the highest in a decade - indicating the continued tightness in the liquidity. Financial market concerns also flared ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... domestic trading activity today. In the US, the Dow Jones Index dropped by more than 2 percent while yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped by 8 basis points on renewed concerns over the country's financial sector. European equity markets were also dragged ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... the S&P 500 Index has again collapsed, falling to two and a half year lows. Correspondingly, the yield on US 10-year Treasuries are now back down again to sub-4 percent, after jumping almost 100 basis points higher to 4.26 per cent in June from a low ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... based on commodity prices, copper was up around 3.8 per cent for the weekend," Mr Klusman said. "The risk is the US Treasuries have risen from about 4.6 to about 4.75 over the last week and the US reporting season starts next week, (but it) doesn't seem ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... components posting losses. The Nasdaq composite index fell by 2.2 per cent. The US bond market fell with yields on 10-year Treasuries up by around 3 basis points to 5.02 per cent. Last night's rout was sparked by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... May, when institutional investor demand fell to the 19th percentile. The report also flagged a pick up in yield in US Treasuries and Eurozone government bonds with cumulative demand growing over the last month, according to the Sovereign Bond Flow Indicator. ...