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Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... - to learn what Janet thinks of these recent central bank moves. All I can say is it won't be a Xmas party for dear aunt Janet. Keeping the faith that US interest rates would be normalised soon would only serve to enhance the strength of the US dollar ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... growth equals higher corporate profits equals higher share prices. Perhaps it's because of their lofty valuations. Aunt Janet even said so last night, that they are presently "quite high". But then qualified that, "Now, they're not so high when you compare ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... longer. As I type, a number of combinations, permutations and/or versions have been sprouting on the interweb over how Aunt Janet would phrase her statement. She could say this... and add that... remove reference to... but emphasise... Blah, blah, blah. ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know. This is dear Aunt Janet's answer to the "lift-off" question that everyone has been waiting for - and speculating on -- since the Fed completed its QE taper back in October last year. There was plenty of information in the ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... before the Senate Banking Committee those days. Shouldn't markets be fretting about any surprises that could come out of Aunt Janet's mouth? But if they are, the VIX isn't reflecting this. Or are markets applying the same "mind over matter" attitude ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... but doesn't guarantee, that they will drop the "patient" phrase in the March statement." Will she, won't she? Would Aunt Janet drop the "patient" phrase in March, and then two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings thereafter - April then June ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... Draw your swords! War - armed, currency or trade -- as the song goes, is good for absolutely nothing. The good news, Aunt Janet's "patience" could last beyond this year.

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Will she, won't she? Will Aunt Janet follow the other central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... then lost as much as 1.0%, before closing 0.3% in the red. Remember last year when almost everybody and his dog (even Aunt Janet) were ruing the lack of volatility in the market because it wasn't good? We've got it. Volatility has returned! And still ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... on the up while the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 closed 0.2% and 0.1% lower. No one wants to jump in or out before Aunt Janet tells you, I and Irene for sure that QE's done but more importantly, what happens next. While we wait... and wish and hope and ...
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