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It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... Virginia, this week is all about the US of A. Sure Virginia, there'll be speculations galore even before hump day, Wednesday (30 July), but it'll be on that very day when we'll know for sure whether the big 2.9% annualised drop in US first quarter GDP ...

Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... When QE1 ended in March 2010, the S&P 500 index gained another 4.1% for several days (23 April) before dropping 16% by 2 July 2010, bounced around for the next three months on QE2 speculation before taking off again when QE2 was announced in November ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... US bond market's happy. Yields on 10-year US Treasuries closed at 2.57% last night... down from a high of 2.7% posted on 3 July because of the strong employment that indicated the US recovery "has become self-sustaining" and therefore, "US interest rates ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... less than half that this month. At the conclusion of its 17-18 June policy meeting, the FOMC announced that, "Beginning in July, the Committee will add to its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $15 billion per month rather than ...

Shutdown with an i

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013

The (brief) shining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013

FOMC - Fed Outs Market Confusion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013

Baby taper steps in one of the 'ber' months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... Rismark Home Value Index for June. The Australian Industry Group releases its performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for July and the NAB releases its online retail sales index for June. In equities news, NAB chief executive Cameron Clyne is scheduled ...