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Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... 2000 index - small US companies that would benefit more from Trump's "America First" policy. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries declined nine basis points to 2.4% and inflation expectations - measured by the difference between the nominal yield on 10-year ...

US corporate debt mandate signed to Aussie manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... rate assets, and in addition to that there's going to be an abundance of supply," Carden said. "Stop thinking about treasuries as a safe haven. Think about floating rate assets as a safe haven. Think about double-b credits as a safe haven. It's unlikely ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell by 1.1% and the yield on 10-year US Treasuries fell by 10 bps to 2.5%. And oh, commodity prices also soared. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB index closed 1.7% higher signalling ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... straight weeks of inflows into government/Treasury funds) and is consistent with the fall in the yield on 10-year US Treasuries to 2.31% at the close of last week's trade from a high of 2.51% four weeks ago. This is not surprising for apart from the ...

Goldman Sachs fined $120m for rate rigging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... numerous occasions. According to the CFTC's order, Goldman Sachs "executed transactions in interest rate swap spreads, US Treasuries, and Eurodollar futures contracts in a manner deliberately designed - in timing, price, and other respects-to influence ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... sold (the S&P 500 index lost 0.8% on the day) on the news but US bonds continued to sell-off (the yield on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a full 10 basis points to 2.57%). The Euro Stoxx-50 index closed lower by as much, down 0.8% and the FTSE-100 ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... fresh probe on Hillary's "emailgate" so very, very close to the Presidential elections? Rising yields on US 10-year Treasuries? 'twas Murphy's Law - if anything can go wrong, it will - at its best for Mrs. Clinton. Just when it looks like she's just ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... From almost equal highs of 5.25% back in 2007 the US fed funds rate is currently at 0.05% and the yield on 10-year US Treasuries at 1.7% and then there are the negative interest rates that are now punishing savers and pension funds and banks. While the ...

QTC board appoints former Credit Suisse exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... and economic development," Pitt said. Bradley served as Under Treasurer for both the Queensland and South Australian Treasuries and has worked in various non-executive directors roles in the public and private sectors. QTC is the state's central financing ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... pressure on US inflation. The longer end of the US bond market appears to be betting on this - with yields on 10-year US Treasuries dropping to 1.36% from 1.74% pre-Brexit and 2.27% at the start of this year. Rising yields at the short end and falling ...