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Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... legs. For example, compare the performance of the MSCI World Equity Index with the inverted line of the US dollar 3-month LIBOR/OIS spread, which is the measure of banks' willingness to lend to each other. The comparison shows that the spread has widened ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... the green shoots of recovery are falling on deft ears. The system is awash with liquidity, international interest rates - Libor - are returning to normal. Banks are more willing to lend - Libor/OIS spread - to each other. Volatility is easing - VIX index. ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... the market's run is getting stronger legs. The liquidity and credit problem has eased significantly. The US dollar 3-month LIBOR/OIS spread - a measure of banks' willingness to lend to each other - has narrowed to around 50 bps. Recall that the spread ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
No more Libor pains. The trillions of dollars flooding the financial system have already bought optimism for an eventual economic recovery - now it is also buying trust. Trust among banks, that is. Yesterday, I talked about the Libor/OIS spread - a ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... to catch its breath. These writings show the squeeze on credit easing and banks more willing to each other. The 3-month Libor/OIS spread - a measure of banks' willingness to lend to each other -- continues to narrow, down to 63 bps at the end of lat ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... AIG bailout. The original US$85 billion loan has been reduced US$60 billion. The terms of the loan have been reduced from LIBOR +8.5 per cent in two years to LIBOR +3.0 per cent in five years. The government will purchase US$40 billion worth of preferred ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... liquidity crisis that was 'made in America' makes its presence felt in every corner of the globe. Continued lowering in Libor reset rates are providing hopeful indications that the credit squeeze is beginning to loosen. Even more encouraging is that ...

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... Over the past few days, equity market rallies - Wall Street in particular - were attributed to movements in the US dollar Libor rates. Investors clutched on hopes that credit is starting to flow with every news that Libor rates has reset lower. Happy ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... cent, the FTSE-100 ended 5.4 per cent stronger and the German DAX index by 1.1 per cent. Investors took heart as US dollar Libor rates fell. The 3-month US dollar Libor rate declined to 4.06 per cent overnight from this month's high of 4.8 per cent (10 ...

Western Asset repositions for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... (Western Asset), said. Western Asset's Global Multi Sector strategy returned almost 20 per cent more than the 3-month US$ Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate) in 2003 and has achieved an average five per cent out performance since 1997. "We've never ...