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US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... 10 when the S&P 500 dropped by a similar magnitude. Is this the beginning of that long-awaited correction? The US bond market says not yet... and not when most are on the lookout.

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... expectations, and readings on financial developments. Go that? "...readings on financial developments." Must be why the US bond market's happy. Yields on 10-year US Treasuries closed at 2.57% last night... down from a high of 2.7% posted on 3 July because ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... quarter economy caused by the polar vortex. Spring has finally sprung! But wait! If this is the case, why is the US bond market also happy? Yields on 10-year US Treasuries are lower now (2.51%) - bond prices are higher - than they were when the deep ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... economy's return to weakness) that forced the Fed's hand. This time, the uncertainty has raised volatility in the US bond market. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury volatility as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE index rose to 75.51 yesterday ...

Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... conundrum after gradually edging up over 2.0% just the week before. And why not, apart from its safe-haven status, the US bond market has a captive buyer in the Fed -- it's buying US$45 billion worth monthly until America's unemployment rate falls below ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... worldwide recession, it'll be a depression. It is either that, or the speculators are back blowing bubbles in the US bond market. But, as in one of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's famous musings, "... how do we know when irrational exuberance has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... rose 2.23 (0.17 per cent) to 1,318.86, while the tech-rich Nasdaq added 11.04 (0.39 per cent) to 2,805.12. The US bond market rallied. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped to 1.72 per cent from 1.79 per cent Tuesday, while the 30-year fell to 2.79 ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... more. They can cut spending to the bone but without growth, not a single cent of debt can be repaid. Told you the US bond market was onto something when yields continued to decline (investors were buying US bonds despite intensified speculation on the ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... How can I even try to go on? When you're gone Though I try how can I carry on?" - ABBA Now you believe me? The US bond market had been correct all along. America's growth deficit is the major pain and not its debt ceiling and fiscal deficit. Have to ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... same ones warning about giving Uncle Sam the snip just two weeks ago. They changed their tune perhaps because the US bond market was not with them - it was against them. Instead of rising - as would be expected given warnings of a downgrade - US bond ...