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Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... economic growth and that, the Fed could be panicking. QE or not QE, the Fed's latest move should help steepen the yield curve, weaken the US dollar and support the equity markets as it had done in the past.

Chief economist update: US recession on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... December of that year was 49.0 (and was still at expansion levels months before). While concerns over the inverted US yield curve appears to have faded over the past few weeks, the yield curve has remained inverted, justifying views that the Fed's ...

Aussie bond fund added to Zenith model portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... range of active strategies including sector rotation, credit selection and, to a lesser extent, interest-rate and yield curve positioning," Wright said. "Bonds form a key component of an investor's portfolio and more specifically their exposure to the ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... Virginia, the BOJ maintained that it will "continue with "quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) with yield curve control," aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2%, as long as it is necessary for maintaining that target in a stable ...

Banks face imminent disruption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... considered banks to be positioned for the future. "Banks anywhere in the world have a big problem, and that's the inverted yield curve. Their net interest margins are getting crushed," she began. "We don't think that this is a fleeting phenomenon. If ...

Chief economist update: US yield curve pictorial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... over a US recession have waxed and waned over the past few months. Gentle readers would know that I subscribe to the yield curve that studies by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and New York prove to be the best predictor of a looming US recession ...

Best online brokers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
New research from Investment Trends has revealed the online brokers with the most satisfied customers in Australia. Bell Direct, CMC Markets and SelfWealth clients report the most satisfaction with their online broker. Bell Direct ranked first with ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... towards cactus avenue. Then again, you, I and Irene don't need any more signalling from the Fed. The inverted US yield curve says so, no matter how it's justified. The inverted yield curve was dismissed as being due to "technical factors such ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... global headwinds." Financial markets can justify the one-day rebound all they want but at the end of the day, the US yield curve depicted by the differential between the yield on 10-year US Treasuries and that of the three-month bill - considered by ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) first, with negative interest rates, and later expanded to "with yield curve control". The BOJ's target rate had been negative 0.1% since January 2016 and in September of the same year, the BOJ announced ...