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An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... - reached a peak reading of only 18.85 over the past month (15.8% below the 2015 peak of 22.39 hit in January). And last night, when D-day came... and went, it dropped by 3.3% to a reading of 18.23 instead of soaring up into the stratosphere. It could ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Tonight's the night we make history. Whatever happens, it'll be D-day! D for the IMF declaring Greece in "default"; D for yet another extension of a "deal" or "deal talks"; D for that mythical Damocles' sword falling not only over Damocles' head but ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... safe assets like bonds"? The yield on 10-year US Treasuries has risen from this year's low of 1.64% to 2.41% (as at last night). And this still doesn't include the negative repercussions on the US economy that higher US interest would bring - a stronger ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... scheduled two-day EU leaders' "emergency summit" on Greece's bailout... it's not the last minute. That will be tomorrow night. That's when the fat lady sings. I still maintain that she'll be singing a happy melody. However, this isn't the end of Europe's ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... close of trading overnight. Similarly, the yield on 10-year Greek bonds dropped from a 2-month high of 12.76% to 10.36% last night. That certainly equates more than a fistful of dineros by anyone's metric. More so, relative to the paltry 3.2% gain in ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Midnight's been kicked back. Last night was supposed to be the night when the Grexit clock struck 12 - the make or break - and then there's this from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ): "Special summit of eurozone leaders called for Monday". Trust the masters ...

Investment Manager Regime passes through Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... removing tax uncertainty for foreign investors when using Australia-based fund managers, was passed through Parliament last night. The legislation was recommended by Mark Johnson in his 2009 review, Australia as a Financial Centre. It is designed to ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set for a fairly flat open after an up and down night on Wall Street. At 0658 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,581. US stocks moved into positive territory following ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... percent" coming. Double duh! No doubt the Fed's watching the Greek deal proceedings as it began its two-day FOMC meeting last night. A September lift-off remains the standing bet. But if Grexit happens and sparks another upheaval in the financial markets ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... is interesting because stocks have actually held fairly steady both here and in the US despite the process resuming last night of bond yields rising." Among the banks, Westpac had lost 20 cents to $31.15, Commonwealth Bank had fallen 13 cents to $79.69 ...