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ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... 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
... 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 readings ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... 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
... 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 the global ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... character and temperament neither Donald nor Jong-un would back down. Financial markets are correct to be worried. The VIX index - the "fear gauge" - jumped by 44.4% overnight; the S&P 500 index dropped by 1.5%; and the yield on US 10-year Treasuries ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... chances are central banks will follow the Fed's lead - a gradual and gentle process. Nothing spooky about that. Even the VIX index - the fear gauge - thinks so. It went up to a reading of 11.44 last night from 10.03 the previous day but still way lower ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... of 17.7 times earnings - above its five-year (13.7x), 10-year (14.1x) and 15-year (15.8x) averages. Despite this the VIX index - the fear gauge - remains at low levels (11.06 overnight from a high of 15.8 in April and an all-time high of 80.9 in November ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
The S&P 500 index notched another fresh record high overnight - up by 0.3% to 2,404.39 points - and the VIX index dropped to a reading of 10.02 - the market has never been this fearless in more than 23 years (January 1994 when the index read 9.94) - ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... counteraction against the provocateurs." In spite of this, financial markets' reaction have been relatively sanguine - the VIX index (the "fear gauge) even dropped by 8.2% overnight to a reading of 14.66 after climbing to 15.96 (its highest level this ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... Wall Street surely did. US equities jumped -- Dow up 0.5%, S&P up 0.84%, Nasdaq up 0.7%, Russell 2000 up 1.5% -- the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell by 1.1% and the yield on 10-year US Treasuries fell by 10 ...