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Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... cliff, China hard landing, Gilllard early - really, really early - announcement of 14 September elections. But major central banks around the world had been busy bodies expanding their money supply since the global financial crisis. Why do you think ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... work. Now everybody's - even the headlines - are talking about reflation and the great rotation. Reflation. Yes. The central banks are still onto it... and are being joined by others. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered interest rates and its reserve ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... attractive risk-to-reward levels," he said. He added that the on-going asset purchase policies of developed world central banks, coupled with the global thirst for high quality income has suppressed the yields on offer in the fixed income market. "Faced ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... havens are experiencing extreme turmoil, Bridges continued, Australian dollar-denominated assets are benefiting from central banks' impetus for diversification away from currencies such as the US dollar, and this is helping drive bond prices higher. ...

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... repressed rally atmosphere in the financial markets? Could be the US debt ceiling. Could be ballooning balances at central banks. Could be fear that the Europe could come back to haunt. Could be... Or perhaps, to take you back to June last year (when ...

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... - predicted were it not for the counter-measures implemented by the Fed, the ECB, and the PBOC (and other major central banks) during the course of last year. But that's exactly the point. You don't expect central bankers just to sit and watch and wait ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... strong Australian dollar - provides a summary of the rationales behind the near (92%) certainty that the Australian central banks will announce a rate cut by 0230 this day. Other rationales include: the RBA would not want to wait two months before acting ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... balance, assuming that the world economy will muddle through, that the European monetary union will survive and that central banks will implement more QE as and when required." "To break out of markets trading range we need to see some decisive news ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... points (0.94 per cent) to 12,811.78. European stock markets closed lower and the euro edged down after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. London's FTSE 100 index ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...