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The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... markets widely expected the Fed's decision, US equities sold (the S&P 500 index lost 0.8% on the day) on the news but US bonds continued to sell-off (the yield on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a full 10 basis points to 2.57%). The Euro Stoxx-50 ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... since Donald's presidential election victory - the US dollar index has risen by 3.7% since the win and yields on 10-year US bonds have risen by 50 basis points over the same period to 2.36% (and by nine basis points since the start of the year when the ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... Santa Yellen's Xmas gift cheered Wall Street though -- the S&P 500 index closed 1.1% higher and the yield on 10-year US bonds down 4 bps to 1.65% on the day. Let's hear it from Santa Janet: "So why didn't we raise the federal funds rate at today's meeting? ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... that have negative yields as part of large a fixed income duration portfolio. The fund is concentrated in Australian and US bonds, and even with yields low, some countries are still seen as having diversifying properties. Lillicrap said QSuper's large ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... to around 1.66% of total reserves from 1.53% in 2009. Explanation three. Low interest rates offer no incentive to hold US bonds. Sure, there is no interest payment attached to gold, but it also does not contain the prospect of a fall in capital value ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... calculate the bond prices that correspond to particular yields. My Facstet service shows that investors who invested in US bonds at the start of this year have lost 2.9% to date; those who bought euro tenners are down 4.9%; those who purchased JGBs and ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... US dollar's climb. Unhedged, investors could be hit by a double whammy of widening interest rate spread (relative to US bonds) and depreciating emerging market currencies. The same holds true for emerging equity markets. The MSCI emerging market index ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Demand for Australian bonds has grown stronger after ratings agency Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating, leaving global investors with one less top-rated economy. Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA, with Australia now ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Call anyone... except the credit rating agencies. That's who. You probably haven't noticed - or simply didn't care - but Fitch Ratings is about to do a Standard & Poor's. Fitch ...

Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
There are early signs that the next share market rally will be sustained longer than investors have grown accustomed to, according to Fidelity's Trevor Greetham. The multi-asset portfolio manager, who is based in London says he is increasingly hopeful ...