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Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... the height of the GFC in 2008. So what does the 10-year US Treasury yield of sub-2% tell us? It tells us that the bond market expects economic depression and deflation to ensue. Investors are so worried that they're willing to lend at very low rate for ...

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 ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... lenders would have to take increased charges to cover their exposure to a collapsed property market. On the eurozone bond market, borrowing rates for Spain and Italy rose sharply while Germany attracted safe haven flows, driving its borrowing rate to ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Australia's $376 billion government budget announced last night included a forecast $1.5 billion surplus in 2012-13 that will increase steadily to $7.5 billion over the next four years. This turnaround in Australia's fiscal position is remarkable given ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... (0.77 per cent) to 1,391.57. The Nasdaq was down slightly more, off 35.55 points (1.16 per cent) to 3,024.30. The bond market was slightly down. The 10-year Treasury yield rose by a fraction to 1.92 per cent, while the 30-year was flat at 3.11 per cent. ...

S&P Indices expands fixed income

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... with principal adjusted by trailing Australian CPI each quarter. "Inflation linked bonds are an important part of the bond market and we've been working on that piece. We're comfortable with the data now and as a result we're launching it this week," ...

Governance Australia's best export to Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... sophisticated services. Bandid Nijathaworn, former deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand and now chair of the Thai Bond Market Association, wrote in a recent edition of the Lowy Institute's Interpreter newsletter that "Asia can benefit much more from ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Yellow Brick Road Holdings has launched its first high-performance savings solution in a bid to attract mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... [to] be overwhelmingly reliant on foreign investors and Bank Indonesia," they said. Increasing activity in the Asian bond market, combined with some dampening in the outlook for selected resources, is seeing demand come off for AUD, noting that most ...