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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 ...

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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 ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016

... employment?). This is because Wall Street has resigned itself to a Fed rate hike by the middle of this month... and without fear (the VIX index remained at a low 14.12 reading). The strength of other data released before the payrolls report made this ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016

... Trump has indirectly given her the go ahead to lift. Trump's victory has lessened fear, as depicted by the sharp fall in the VIX index from a 5-month high of 22.51 heading into the US presidential elections to 12.85 (the lowest since September) at the ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016

... presidential polls at least in the short term... whoever wins. Not only are financial markets trading on the side of caution - the VIX "fear" index has risen another 2% at the close of trade last Friday to a reading of 22.5, the highest since June this ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016

Just when we thought Halloween was over, things are still going bump day and night. Things like the VIX - "fear" - index. It bumped up to a reading of 22.1 overnight, just six points shorts of this year's high of 28.1 reached on the 11th of February. ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016

... and the candlestick maker expect the worst as underlined by the sharp falls in equities, bond and commodity markets and the VIX index soared by 39.9% at the end of last week's trading activity. Worse than worst, this is happening in September -- the ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016

... risk back on onto their portfolios. Fear, it seems, has left the building... or driven out by the strong US jobs numbers. The VIX index closed 10.6% down to a reading of 13.2 - and down on the day the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that non-farm ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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