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Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... night, it was not only the Fed the bears have to deal with, they have to take on the entire G-20 Treasurers and Central Banks - except perhaps for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Have no fear, the G-20 is here! Wall Street rallied last night following ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... stimulation, all it can do now is issue more Treasuries - borrow more. But with the US dollar on a trend decline, foreign central banks might not be willing to invest their money in a 'dud' investment. Make it attractive by offering higher rates? Sure ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their threat ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... when) interest rates will rise, the US dollar's decline was 'temporarily' short-circuited by intervention from Asian central banks (again). South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong bought the greenback to avoid being 'beggared' ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... August. Mixed signals such as these would continue for a few months more. What is encouraging is that governments and central banks would not let up until the negatives in the mix all turn positive. The bears were the ones cursed in September.

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... of falling Libor rates - is evidence that the money flooded into the system by government stimulus packages and central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing had their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen ...

The long and short of bulls and bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... markets. Debt has not been able to go back to sustainable levels because each time a recession or a market crash ensue, central banks and governments intervene. The same is happening now. The bull market will continue while the stimulus packages are ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... Australian dollars. Aussie dollar up. Interest rate differential. Australian interest rates are headed higher while other central banks continue to nurse their economies with low rates and bond purchases. Investors seeking higher yields are flocking ...

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... market movements on the days when prices drop. Q: Are there risks of a relapse? A: You bet! National Governments and Central Banks are damned if they withdraw the stimulus packages too soon and damned if they withdraw the stimulus too late. Too soon ...

Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... months - ergo, volatile trading activity - they are evolving in the positive direction. National governments and central banks - individually or combined - are working to make sure the global outlook stays on course toward recovery. And the Fed just ...