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Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Yields on Australian government 10-year bonds plummeting to record lows points to investors expecting near negligible economic growth in the foreseeable future. But it could also be driven by overseas investors desperate for a safe-haven. In April this ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Turbulence in European debt markets is pushing global investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... Dave's trailing P/E ratio of 13 gives us an earnings yield of 7.7%. Now compare this with the current 10-year US Treasury bond yield of 2.0% -- give or take - and it becomes really mouth-watering, particularly if the recent trend of stronger-than-expected ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Gold, silver and US Treasury bonds are all psychological asset classes that will eventually burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
US president Barrack Obama has defied critics who thought his climbdown last month with Congress over the debt ceiling would make him gun-shy, by proposing a jobs stimulus package that is nearly as big as the entire Australian commonwealth annual budget. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline following falls on Wall Street overnight on scepticism about the deal to resolve the US debt crisis. At 0717 AEST on the ASX 24 on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
This week's Financial Standard chief economist breakfast forum heard that no matter what the economic question, the answer always seems to be China and how we seize it's opportunities, contain its inflation threats and redirect its capital flows. The ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
You asked for it! Mo' money's in the mail. Bernanke bends to the markets. Just when we thought we've seen it all, along comes the Fed kowtowing to the whims of the financial markets. Yes Virginia, the Fed announced that it would reinvest the proceeds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... investors about its acquisition of Merrill Lynch. Bonds gained on the renewed caution. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond eased to 3.719 per cent from 3.818 per cent Monday while that on the 30-year bond declined to 4.623 per cent against 4.729 ...