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Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... September 2008 lows. It is therefore not surprising that demand for safe-haven assets like US government bonds and the US dollar are diminishing. (Although this is also caused by worries over the massive US dollar supply and concern over the growing ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... not a long way away. If booming Chinese demand for Australia's resource and minerals and bearish sentiment against the US dollar lit the fuse on the Australian currency's take-off, the Reserve Bank of Australia just added more fuel to its rockets yesterday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... September 25. Steel shares were in demand amid hopes that a global economic recovery will support demand for metals. The US dollar's weakness against the yen is seen as a major hurdle for the Tokyo market, however, because of its negative effect on exporter ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... highest percentage in any quarter with more than an $80 billion increase." The persistent deceleration in the value of the US dollar since then indicates that the reduction of currency concentration risk by world central banks has spilled over into the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... earnings, indicating market confidence about blue chip companies, in line with expectations of economic recovery. A weaker US dollar drove oil and other commodities higher, giving energy, material and industrial stocks a lift. Stocks also got a boost ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Falling US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... of conflicting indicators. For instance, current indications show that credit markets have returned to normality. The US dollar 3-month LIBOR/OIS spread - a measure of banks' willingness to lend to each other - is back to its historical norm of around ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... ratings issued under his watch." Sure, sure...six-years? Perhaps his bonus or pay rise didn't have enough zeroes after the US dollar sign -- such as the ones we've read in recent headlines? Kolchinsky will testify on ratings firm reform before the US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... Development Bank has upgraded its forecast for Asia and India." Mr Potter said investors were turning away from the US dollar to commodities. "When it continues to fall, we're seeing commodities jump up," he said. Oil prices bounced back to settle at ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... possibility the Australian dollar could remain at its current level ($US0.86) or even appreciate further against the US dollar in the short term," ABARE reveals. And that my friend is the 64 million dollar question! Will the Australian currency behave ...