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Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... on fears of euro disintegration; Jasmine Revolution and Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown. The Fed's QE3 and the ECB's "whatever it takes" announced in September 2012 appear to have been the major catalyst for the "no fear" attitude among ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... stimulus, but he didn't say there won't be any stimulus".... and in the eurozone? "Euro-zone PMI slows, boosting case for ECB action" (WSJ MarketWatch). As well, Wall Street's positive reaction overnight is not that convincing -- Dow up by 0.06% and ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... glimpse into the BOJ's thinking this Wednesday when its Board meets to discuss monetary policy. The same does not apply for the ECB. We know what's on its mind. Expect action in June. President Draghi told us so earlier this month. "At the end of this ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Anything you guys can do, I can do better... If the Fed, BOJ, ECB and PBOC could do it - forward guiding markets that monetary policy would remain easy (easier next month in the case of the ECB) - why couldn't the BOE? Yes it could! By most indications ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... afford to stay on the sidelines for now - both have decent growth and decent inflation. Not so for the European Central Bank (ECB) with the region's growth still a crawl and with deflation threatening and the euro's continued appreciation against the ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at a record ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... hinted that policymakers were prepared to cut rates in June. The euro hit a two-and-a-half-year peak near $US1.40 after the ECB held interest rates at a record low for the seventh straight month, but then dived on hints of more easing. ECB chief Draghi ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... straight month that euro area inflation had been below 1.0% -- or as dear Christine of the IMF calls it "low-flation". The ECB targets 2.0% inflation. It was precisely this threat of "low-deflation" turning into de-flation that Super Mario hinted at ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... Mario to thank for staying my day of crucifixion for this. Phew! In one of the clearest signal yet that it's about to act, ECB chief Mario Draghi declared that "The strengthening of the exchange rate requires further monetary stimulus. That's an important ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... have already altered their thresholds so they have excuses to keep on pumping and/or keep interest rates low for longer. The ECB's promised to act "if necessary" and the BOJ's poised to pump more any time now. Having said that, it's prudent to remain ...