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What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
It's Veterans Day holiday in the United States - a day celebrating the signing of the Armistice that brought World War I to its formal end. And as the world celebrated the end of the first world war that happened nine decades and two years ago, the ...

CBA plans retail bond offering

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
In a huge boost for the dormant Australian retail bond market, Commonwealth Bank announced plans to tap retail investors' appetite for fixed income with the imminent launch of 5-year floating rate notes. The size of the offering is believed to be as ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Just right. Gauging from the financial markets' reaction, it appears that the US Federal Reserve has got its QE2 recipe just right. It was a little hotter than the US$500 billion risk assets have already priced in but not too hot as the US$1 trillion ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... rate spreads. Halmarick's argument provides another boost to proponents of a viable, long term domestic government bond market. But while it might make economic sense, he is realistic that the concept may not be politically feasible. " This would clearly ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... in Greece and ate almost all of Europe. The bond vigilantes' punishment of Europe scared the beejesus out of every bond market in the world -- even relatively fast-growing, relatively low debt/deficit country Australia. Funny because what's happening ...

Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... last night. Nothing much was expected, nothing much transpired. US stocks ended flat in light trading activity as the bond market and government offices closed in celebration of the day Christopher Columbus came to America. While there were some small ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... political parties committed to restoring the budget to surplus within three years, Kirkham said that the nascent local bond market could indirectly suffer as issuance dried up. "In terms of investors offshore, the large investors who want to get allocations ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
So where's the September curse now, 'ey? With just four trading days to go, Wall Street may have forgotten that this month is statistically and historically the worst month for stocks. Not that nobody tried to remind investors, there were plenty of ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... cares, September is the worst month for stocks anyway. The Fed is earning big bickies from its investments in the bond market. Note that it just upped its holdings a month ago. And just think what has really changed between its last meeting in August ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... months." And the federal funds rate would remain at "exceptionally low levels" for an " extended period". Just ask the US bond market. Yields on 12-month US bonds are currently trading at par with the upper limit of the fed funds rate (0.25 per cent) ...