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Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... interpretation would then be that the US economy is picking up momentum that the Fed doesn't see the need to print more US dollars. This is not hard to imagine, especially given last night's reports on company profits and China. According to Bloomberg ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... US central bank would ease monetary policy further - through quantitative easing - very soon. It would release more US dollars into the economy by buying more US Treasuries. And what do you get when a commodity is in such massive supply? The commodity ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... a natural hedge, Ben Davis, head of research at Zenith, told Financial Standard. For example, assets denominated in US dollars have tended to appreciate in times of shock (even if the underlying asset declines) as investors flock to the perceived safe ...

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... fund into the Palmetto Catastrophe Fund, which in the 12 months to end of June gained 18.3 per cent, net of fees (in US dollars). This contrasts with world stocks, which returned a lower 9.4 per cent (based on the MSCI World index) and world bonds, up ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... bank announced that it plans to sell 45 billion euros from its foreign exchange reserves and use the proceeds to buy US dollars and gold. Huh? Run that by me again? Is this the same Iran that back in 2007 told the world that the US dollar was a "worthless ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... -- which not even a year ago wanted a basket of currencies to be the global means of exchange? They're back buying US dollars, too. They increased their US dollar holdings nearly 5 per cent to US$229.5 billion in March. So what happened to forecasts ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... of England and Swiss central bank, as well as the Bank of Japan, will allow them to provide the "full allotment" of US dollars as needed. A separate swap line with the Bank of Canada will support as much as $30 billion, the Fed said. The swaps were authorised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... 944.64. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares jumped 2.54 per cent as dealers welcomed an agreement worth almost a trillion US dollars aimed at avoiding a financial crisis in the eurozone. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended 506.35 points higher at 20,426.64. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... Dow Jones Industrial Average within a hair's breadth of a 1,000-point drop. P&G's stock, which had been trading at 62 US dollars, suddenly fell about 20 per cent for no apparent reason before recovering to finish near 60 US dollars. Even so emotions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... China a "currency manipulator" -- which would open the door to sanctions. Gold ended in Hong Kong at 1,144.00-1,145.00 US dollars an ounce, up from Wednesday's close of 1,135.50-1,136.50 dollars. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket fell away from ...