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Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... players' 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
... policy, 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 ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... forward P/E 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 ...

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 ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... both, be vapourised to kingdom come. The Dow closed virtually flat over the past week and the S&P 500 just 0.3% weaker. The VIX ("fear") index rose but to a reading to a still very low reading of 12.87 from 12.37 the week before... and this in spite ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... expected? 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 ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... strength. The gains in US equities -- Dow up 0.2%, S&P up 0.3%, Nasdaq up 0.4%, Russell 2000 up 0.4% -- and the 5.2% drop in the VIX index to a reading of 11.66 show that investors widely welcome the Fed's coming interest rate hike and risk disappointment ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... whether the market fears rising inflation or rising interest rates or both, this is not showing up in the fear index. The VIX index currently stands at around 10.58 - the lowest level since mid-2014. This could be because the strong US dollar - weaker ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... developments. Check. If the continuing rally on Wall Street - despite higher bond prices - and gains in other major equity markets and VIX index that shows no fear (currently at 11.75) is not a favourable development, I don't know what is. Some would ...