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Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... that's beside the point). Whereas demand for risky ones - equities, commodities, corporate credit and commodity-based currencies continue to build. Nonetheless, at least until the third quarter reporting season is over, financial market mood will remain ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We will look ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... US$0.6036 on 27 October 2008. In my years in the financial market, I have never known anyone who had consistently forecast currencies correctly. Oh wait, back in the days I read about this 'expert, currency trader who works for a large US multi-national ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... above $US1000 for the third straight day in the US. The gold price rallied after the US dollar fell against other major currencies and a report showed a larger than expected jump in inflation. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1008 per fine ounce ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... creates its own problems. Perhaps a renewed financial crisis. Recall what happened to the Asian economies when their currencies went into freefall during the Asian Crisis of 1997/98. A precipitous fall in the greenback would push US inflation up, interest ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... rally in the Australian dollar could be explained. But again, I warn of the danger of extrapolating -- especially with currencies, which could reverse course at the turn of a dime. Currencies are made to float in order to help economies adjust back to ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... bearish views of the US dollar, which he believes will approach zero (not overnight, but it will happen) while many Asian currencies will rise on the back of a continually improving Chinese currency. Against that environment, he highlights various investment ...

Plug the information gap: SimCorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... explained. More importantly, this interactive monitoring can be done across counterparties, asset classes, portfolios, currencies and countries including alternatives such as hedge funds, said Dew. What is more, Dew said that a better data monitoring ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... risk for these economies now lie in their rising exchange rates vis-a--vis the US dollar. Because their appreciating currencies act as a de facto tightening in monetary policy. More so for the Australian and Canadian dollars which are getting a boost ...

The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with that comes problems with balancing member choice with the right liquidity policy. Bruce Garratt, intermediary ...