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Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... happens on Wall Street does not remain on Wall Street. When the US sneezes, the world catches pneumonia! So much so that the VIX index - the "fear gauge" - jumped by 44% overnight to a reading of 22.96 points. Last night's tumble on Wall Street is ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... rationale, and assessment of the many is superior to a lone expert. While financial market volatility has come down - the VIX index closed at a reading of 13.42 last week (down from this year's high to date of 37.32) - there remains that lingering ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... year and 10-year bond yields have fallen from the 2.94% high recorded in late February to 2.84% overnight. So too has the VIX index - down to a reading of 16.35 after surging to 37.32 last month. No other data underscore America's best of times than ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... Is there something wrong with this picture or what? Wall Street remains on a seesaw ride and volatility - compared with the VIX index's performance over the past three years - is through the roof. Theoretically, ex-US investors needn't be losing sleep ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... correction territory - that'll clear the way for the resumption of no holds barred buy orders. Sorry to disappoint, but with the VIX index closing at a reading of 33.46 - the highest since August 2015 - there'll be some more volatility and cheaper buy ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... crash) and during the dotcom bubble." But if investors are hearing these alarm bells, they don't appear to be listening. The VIX index - the fear gauge - continues to trade at historic lows. It's fallen from an already low reading of 14.0 at the start ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... - up 8.8% since the start of the year after gaining only 0.7% in 2016. What's more the VStoxx - the Euro's version of the VIX index - shows there's little fear. It's currently trading at a reading of 12.6, not far from the record low of 11.2 hit in mid-March ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. There appears to be no fear in the financial markets these days. Heck, the VIX index even closed lower to a reading of 9.59 - down by 0.8% on Friday and down 5.7% over the week. Together with the sub-9 ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... US Treasuries were unchanged and up by only one basis point for the tenners. The certainty of it all sent the already low VIX index down to its least fearful level since 1993. Hardly surprising given that the Fed made hardly any changes to its economic ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... negative for Treasuries and a positive for the US dollar. But overall, there's no fear in the markets. At a reading of 10.15, the VIX index remains at near its lowest level this year, which is in line with the readings of the boom years (2005-2007) before ...