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Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... costs. So what the hell were the previous weeks' market rattle all about? My guess is they were sensationalised by US bond market peddlers. They are the ones that benefited most from the recent scare. US bond yields fell and prices went up. They had ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... stimulus - even a little - as confidence in the recovery grows, we get higher yields. It'll be difficult for the US bond market to win this year - unless of course, we get a double dip.

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... purchases of Treasuries would end as scheduled at the end of next month. This would be interesting. How would the US bond market react without the Fed's manipulation? There's one change this month though, the FOMC decided to extend MBS/agency debt purchases ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... safety? Really? Fears about the economic outlook and a helping hand from the US Federal Reserve has pushed up the US bond market over the past few months. Fresh signs that the American economic recession is deepening - and so is the world's - have prompted ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... rates sooner rather than later prompted a rally in the US dollar overnight and an accompanying sell-off in the US bond market. The equity market received support from falling commodity prices. Signs that demand is weakening sparked a decline in commodity ...

Currency replaces fixed income

... churns out over $3.3 trillion a day, more than three times the size of the second most liquid asset class, the US bond market, which trades $900 billion a day. "It's the world's largest liquid asset class yet it's structurally inefficient," said Davey. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... Poor's 500 Index added 9.22 points to 1,387.17. The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 21.17 points to 2,371.74. "The US bond market surrendered part of its big gains on Tuesday," Mr Roberts said. "US equity markets went into the close of a see-saw session ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... night reacting to reports suggesting rising inflationary pressure and therefore, more Fed interest rate hikes. The US bond market reacted to reports that while initial jobless claims increased to 308,000 in the week ended 17 June, the monthly average ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... March and with 29 of its 30 stock components posting losses. The Nasdaq composite index fell by 2.2 per cent. The US bond market fell with yields on 10-year Treasuries up by around 3 basis points to 5.02 per cent. Last night's rout was sparked by US ...

Daily economic update

... foreign capital to fund its rising budget and current account deficits, and keep interest rates low. But will the US bond market be able to absorb the additional supply without an offer of higher interest rates.