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Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... This is lower than the lowest yield (2.08%) reached at 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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... 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. LONDON - European stocks were little changed ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
Aussie, Ausssie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! It's time to shake off that hangover all youse blokes and shielas for as we, Australians all, drank and barbecued Australia Day yesterday, the US Federal Reserve gave financial markets another something to celebrate. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... firmed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 3.31 per cent from 3.32 per cent late Wednesday. The 30-year Treasury yield fell to 4.42 per cent from 4.46 per cent. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions. LONDON - European equities rose ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... competition with stocks for investors' money. Nice story, isn't it? Until you look closer and see that the 10-year US Treasury yield of 3.69 per cent and 30-years at 4.76 per cent are still at a discount to the S&P 500's earnings yield of around 5.5 ...

Aviva Investors outlines top tips for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Solid earnings growth should propel Australian stocks higher next year, while US bond yields could be set for sharp increases as investors become more confident and shift back into equities. These are the views of Aviva Investors, who believes the local ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... currently in the range of 5 to 6 per cent - roughly twice what is on offer domestically and three times the 10 year US treasury yield. Meanwhile, the combination of a rising Aussie dollar and a soft US housing market means that from an Australian perspective ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Flatline. That's what you'll see when you look at Wall Street's pulse monitor this morning. I would be too if faced with the same old, same old daily boring stuff that financial market agents look at everyday. While we were sleeping, a raft of economic ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Investors with funds invested in US Treasuries should hang on to their investments for at least the next six months - despite some punters voicing fears that the sector might be next asset class in the US to implode, according to an industry expert. ...

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Recent machinations within bond markets should remind all that a month is a long time in capital markets. Early March global yields were shifting south in excess of 18bp. While 10-year yields in Australia avoided such sharp falls due to a better performing ...