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Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Make no mistake, it is coming but if we continue to get data like these it may not be until Xmas... 2016, that US interest rates would be cleared for lift-off.

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... recent central bank moves. All I can say is it won't be a Xmas party for dear aunt Janet. Keeping the faith that US interest rates would be normalised soon would only serve to enhance the strength of the US dollar - already beefed up against by the ECB ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... was talking about sterling and UK interest rates but he could just as well be talking about the US dollar and US interest rates. The Fed needs to thread very carefully for rushing a lift-off to normalise policy under these abnormal conditions could have ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/52472754). I'd like to add here that it was the weak US dollar and low US interest rates that kept the carry trade alive, sending funds flowing into emerging market stocks, bonds and property - and China ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... reviving market focus on M&A deals. Gotta get in before funding costs become more expensive. As per Reuters, "With US interest rates near zero for nearly a decade, debt has been cheap. But with the Federal Reserve widely expected to hike rates later ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... trade, the euro hit a one month peak at $US1.1420 with the dollar after the Federal Reserve said any rises in US interest rates would be slow, before easing to $US1.1407. "US equity markets opened higher and spread optimism across European stocks which ...

Van Eck goes local on EM fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... structural reforms. That's right out of the 90s and Brazil has done it a bunch of times. He said phase one of US interest rates rising is "good" and consistent with strong final demand but when the Federal Reserve hikes it may expose vulnerabilities. ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... slightly at the close as Wall Street also edged up, while dealers speculated over the exact timing of a hike in US interest rates. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index added 0.09 per cent to 7,013.47 points. In the euro area, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... after a recent rally. Another weak US indicator further dampened expectations the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates soon, with analysts now tipping the final quarter of the year for an increase. Tokyo on Tuesday climbed 0.68 per cent, or 136.11 ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... weighting in its Global Equity Strategy from 10% to 15% in a bid to hedge the portfolio from an impending rise in US interest rates. Douglass argued that there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the US monetary policy will head over the next three ...