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Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... the S&P 500 index is not as flustered as it was back in August and September when the Fed delayed the expected and so is the VIX index - the fear gauge - although it remains to be seen how they'll fare over the next three days heading into lift-off. ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... down now. Absent a significant exogenous shock, the fed funds target rate will be 25 bps higher by 16 December. While the VIX index rose by 8.5% last night, at a reading of 15.91 the "fear gauge" showed no fear only normal volatility. This is because ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... would soon come a-visiting. The S&P 500 index maybe off 0.1% overnight but this followed a 1.6% jump the night before. The VIX index was up 0.8% last night but not before dropping 10.6% the night before. This despite the fact that it's all systems go ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... same in June... and then in September. We were sure lift-off was coming, until it didn't. Will this time be different? The VIX index says yes it will. It dropped by 10.6% to a reading of 16.85 overnight. Wall Street says yes it will. The S&P 500 index ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... No siree! There's big trouble in big China and it'll come falling down our heads. Just have a look at the fear index - the VIX jumped to 17.67 overnight from 16.17 the day before. Markets are so scared they've forgotten the index's reading of 27.63 just ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... was safe to go back into the risk waters. Financial markets are again in upheaval and fear is once more on the rise - the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight to a reading of 31.40. It's China that did it! Oh yes, Virginia, yesterday's official PMI result ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... that it's the Australian dollar's depreciation that has shielded the Australian economy during times of extreme fear (the VIX index is inverted in the chart). The A$/US$ sank from US$0.80 to below US$60 during the Asian financial crisis; it fell from ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... There was no place to hide, everywhere you look, there's gloom and... there's doom. Financial markets are running scared - the VIX index jumped by 46.5% to a reading of 28.03 at the end of last week's trading activity. This is the highest reading since ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... the chart of the bang, bang, bang devaluation move by China's central bank in its proper context. Not surprising that the VIX index - the fear gauge - barely registered fear, ey?