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On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... domestic activity. Not when Europe continues to threaten. What's going for the RBA is that, unlike most major world central banks (with zero to near-zero interest rates), by raising interest rates early, it has put itself in a position whereby it could ...

PIMCO favours Latin American and Asian bonds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... in debt. Separately, John Wilson, head of PIMCO Australia, said investors are focussing more on sovereign debt as central banks start to withdraw emergency measures. "While the support declared by European leaders and the International Monetary Fund ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... the weekend following news that the Bank of Spain has taken over CajaSur -- a regional savings bank. But haven't central banks and government institutions been rescuing the private sector most notably during the GFC? Yes. But it's different now. With ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... it not even a year ago that almost everyone and his dog were diversifying into euros? Sovereign wealth funds and central banks of all persuasions were increasing their eggs in the euro basket. But Gisele Bundchen -- yes, the supermodel -- beat them to ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... fiscal balance sheet. And the Fed's statement about "extended" low interest rates will be "extended" further out. Central banks around the world -- as we've again witnessed -- will do all it takes. Or we'll all be the ones who'll be sorry.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... Europe's debt problems will spoil a global recovery. Investors drew reassurance after the Federal Reserve and other central banks stepped up with financial support to corral what analysts warned was a growing financial crisis in Europe. At settlement ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, have again been brought to life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the Reserve Bank of Australia and extended period of low interest rates for the US Federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... were closed for a public holiday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell 2.05 per cent amid fears of tightening moves by central banks in the region following India's surprise rate rise. The benchmark Hang Seng Index tumbled 437.57 points to 20,933.25. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... added 57.8 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 4,866.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Wednesday after US and Japanese central banks reaffirmed plans to keep interest rates low to revive economic growth. The Dow Jones industrial average rose for a seventh ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... in crisis and crying doom and gloom. By the same token, the end has already begun. It began when governments and central banks took aggressive action to ease the credit squeeze that is choking the global financial system. Positive signs that these are ...