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Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... 0.9% for the S&P 500; 1.1% for the Euro Stoxx 50 and 0.6% for the Nikkei 225. This could be because the jump in US bond yields would hasten the BOE's rate hikes. Not least because of bank's optimistic observation on the domestic economy: "UK ...

Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... months of 2018, the S&P 500 index is down 0.1% to 2669.91 points, the fed funds rate is up 25 bps to 1.75%, 10-year US bond yields are up 55 bps to 2.96% and the US dollar index is 0.8% lower to a reading of 91.51, but is heading higher. Despite this ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... terms of the Fed's efforts to return monetary policy towards normality) turned bad? For sure, the rise and rise of US bond yields are giving equity investors a run for their money. Though down overnight to 2.82% (Bloomberg data) from 2.84%, the recent ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... then, the S&P 500 index has trekked higher to record highs, the VIX index came back down to (very) low levels and US bond yields returned to speculating on the Fed's next move. In hindsight, the April 2017 experience proved to be a healthy correction ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... they're still reinvesting the principal payments from their portfolio holdings). The recent decline in 10-year US bond yields suggests that this adage may have jumped over into the bond market. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries closed at 2.33% last ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... November meeting, in December. For sure and for certain. Rate hike here we come. It's already being pencilled into US bond yields. Equities don't like these either because it lowers the projected future cash flow of the company as well as raising its ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... attached to gold, but it also does not contain the prospect of a fall in capital value - not for now at least. US bond yields have climbed to 2.38% last night from 2.17% at the start of the year and there may be more losses from US Treasuries coming ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... tale of the tape over the past week showed that Wall Street was pleased - the VIX index, the US dollar index and US bond yields fell from the prior week (before the Fed) while the US equity market rose. Yippee-kay-yay! Kudos to Madame Janet for her craftily-crafted ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... 'patient' in the FOMC statement has gotten less perverse while we slept - the VIX index rose, so did the US dollar and US bond yields; US equities and commodity prices fell. This is because no matter how you slice, dice, chop or spin it - throw in Madame ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... seems rational. But with the Fed poised to raise interest rates some time, this looks like a recipe for losses - US bond yields go up, bond prices go down, Japanese investors lose. Not so, if you consider the rise and rise of the US dollar. US dollar ...