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Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with raised odds for a December lift-off from around 37% to about 50%. Sure, 50% means more likely to happen ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... latest data servings from USA Inc. have locked in the status quo for at least until 2015 turns into 2016. While financial markets have stabilised, last week's policy surprise announcements from the ECB and the PBOC - a potential BOJ surprise this coming ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... China were merely playing Kris Kringles to see if they can still move markets? Double-duh! What happened in the financial markets overnight is practically nothing. Some profit-taking here and there but overall most investors are on the sidelines... and ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... worrying rates. Then again, what kind of third and fourth quarter world - and its attendant ramifications on financial markets and its second order ramifications on growth - would we be playing pin the tail on the donkey now if the Fed lifted? Looking ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... Sydney and Melbourne), removing the biggest hurdle that's preventing the RBA to cut interest rates some more. Financial markets are now pricing a 57% 25 basis point snip in the official cash rate at the RBA's November meeting, up from less than 40% before ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... headlines again. What went up last week - some through to yesterday - are back down again all because, they say, financial markets didn't like what they saw in the China's trade data where imports dropped by a bigger than expected 20.4% in the year to ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... million to $19.24 billion after taking into account market movements. "The past two months have been hard for financial markets, with negative returns in most Australian equities and international equities sector products," Rainmaker head of investment ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... US dollar's fall to three-week low overnight -- down 5.4% from its March peak - supports this. But with the financial markets getting some sort of stability over the past few days, odds could again bump higher. Never say, never. While the Fed and the ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
We're happy, Jan! This is the universal chorus from financial markets everywhere the week - the first 7 trading days of October - after the quarter - the worst three-months since September 2011 - before. Oh yes, yes, yo Virginia, we're happy little ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... total funds under management for the sector fell from close to $20 billion to about $19.4 billion, reflecting financial markets performance in August. August also had the highest ETF traded values in the year, and one of the lowest net inflows: "One ...