Category Archive: Rates/Bonds

Australia In Focus : Australia’s Golden Week Too

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2 year low in the ASX but the AUDUSD stayed out of trouble and avoided breaking a new 6Y low after its 0.6896 earlier this month. It would be difficult to say if… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Ending The Quarter On High Drama

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It has been nothing but drama this week after the FOMC last week, starting with good news out of Greece for their elections, the Volkswagen scandal, 6 1/2 lows in Chinese manufacturing, Brazil… Continue reading

SGD Weekly : THE HAZE JINX

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The haze has been a jinx for Singapore and Malaysia or has it gone to the head ? Hamilton suffered a freak accident to miss out winning 8 Grand Prix in a row.… Continue reading

The Triple Whammy Of AAA Singapore’s Monetary Policy

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This post was written a week ago for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading… ******************************** I wrote about this last week but I feel a need… Continue reading

Central Banks : What Are They Not Telling Us ?

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This post was written a week ago for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading… ******************************** After 18 years in the markets and a few crises along… Continue reading

China Focus : China 1, FOMC 0

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9 SEP 2015 China changes GDP data calculation method to improve accuracy   30 JAN 2015 India Changes GDP Calculation Method 11 SEP 2015 What Do U.S. Economists Think of Official China Statistics?… Continue reading

Australia Focus : Changing Hands In Springtime

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Australia has had 5 prime minister changes in 5 years. That is some record as Australia’s Economic Surprise Index sinks to a 9 month low as economic data has largely disappointed in terms… Continue reading

The Bright Side of The Singapore Bond Market – Our Amazing Corporate Bonds

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While government bonds have underperformed on the year, we cannot say the same for the SGD corporate market. Corporate bond yields have caught up with government yields in a significant way, with government… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : The Blessed Relief Of Playing With Fire

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I say this week ends with blessed relief and double that for me because I narrowly escaped major damage from a little fire incident in the living room. No more playing with fire… Continue reading

SGD Weekly : Scratch Your Head And Miss The Boat

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After the electrifying elections (where I did warn was not going to be as bad as markets thought it would be), it is official – Singapore would contend to be the worst performing… Continue reading