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Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... expectations would send the US$ lower while a positive surprise would bring rate hike expectations back and help support the greenback. Then again, any US$ rebound could meet with profit-taking given the recent deterioration in US economic fundamenta ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... market environment, stock picking for individuals is getting more difficult. "The dramatic fall of the yuan against the Greenback has led to a fall in confidence in commodity exporting countries, including Australia, prompting a massive sell-off across ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... between minus 0.75% and plus 0.25%". While the franc has slowly drifted lower and has weakened substantially against the greenback (as would be expected with the Fed poised to lift the fed funds rate) through the course of 2015, it remains stronger vis-a-vis ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... surfaced). In any case, renewed lift-off speculations have again lifted the US dollar. Against major currencies, the greenback has surged to its highest level since 2004. Now think what that this dearer currency implies for commodity prices and to US ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... is expectations of a Fed lift-off." The yuan devaluation is borne of this because of its peg to the US dollar. As the greenback climbs against other currencies, so too is the yuan - making "Made in China" exports less competitive, slowing down their ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... revenues and profits (both in volume terms and in exchange rate translation effects). That's all been reversed with the greenback's appreciation, bumped up higher by the prospect of higher US interest rates. Inflows into emerging markets have turned ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... it dropped from US$0.91 to US$0.62 at the onset of the GFC. This year-to-date, the A$ has fallen by 12.4% against the greenback and by 7.4% on the trade weighted index. As any currency warrior would tell you, this is good for the domestic economy. Australian ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... coming soon to a theatre near us. The yuan devaluation is borne of this because of its peg to the US dollar. As the greenback climbs against other currencies, so too is the yuan - making "Made in China" exports less competitive, slowing down their economy. ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... ECB's QE? The PBOC knows that because of the yuan's semi-peg to the US dollar, the yuan would appreciate alongside the greenback when the Fed starts lifting rates.

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... commodity prices down. The Fed's lift-off when it comes - be it September, December, or March 2016 - would give the greenback another leg-up. US dollar up, commodity prices...