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September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... inflation?A Headline's at 2.0% as at July, core's at 1.7% and inflation expectations -the difference between the yield on US 10-year bonds and those of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) - is currently at 2.0%. No problemo right?A The problem ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... the Bank of Japan left its aggressive easing policy unchanged earlier in the week." At 0830 AEST on Thursday, the June 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.535 (implying a yield of 3.465 per cent), down from 96.540 (3.460 per cent) on Wednesday. ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... and growth-orientated scripts. Easy! Then again, perhaps not. Not according to the bond market, that is. The yield on 10-year Treasuries dropped by 0.05 percentage point to 2.12% last night - when talks of scaling back QE returned -- from 2.17% the day ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... pricing. That said the asset class still looks cheap on a relative basis when compared to historical yield spreads versus treasury and corporate bonds," explained Steele. "While capital appreciation may be moderating, investors should still be able to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... sales indicator for March is due for release. Also, the Australian government will auction $600 million of June 2016 Treasury Bonds. In companies news, Hills Holdings holds a shareholder meeting on the company's restructure plans. Meanwhile, Lynas Corp ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... boss, Bill Gross, anticipates that some of these will flow onto US Treasuries. He's reportedly raised his holdings of US 10-year bonds to 33% of the Total Return Fund's assets in March because, "This BOJ printing seeps out daily into global markets as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... In Frankfurt, the head of the ECB told a news conference: "Weak economic activity has extended into the early part of the year and a gradual recovery is projected for the second half of this year, subject to downside risks." Mario Draghi spoke after ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... still have fixed interest assets in their portfolio. "I'd much rather hold emerging market sovereign debt than a 10-year Treasury giving me a negative real return," she said. "Investors can buy emerging market corporate with better metrics than their ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... risks still lurking in many fixed income portfolios. Chief among them is the risk that a 17 basis point uptick in the 10-year US Treasury yield would wipe out a years worth of income for many bond investors. The BlackRock Investment Institute says fixed ...