Posts Tagged ‘basis’
Discount Blues
The Federal Reserve 25 basis point discount rate increase on Thursday to 0.75% was not a market moving event. The first Fed hike in either the discount rate or the more important fed funds rate in almost two and a half years will have little direct economic impact. It had…
Dec output jumps 14.4%; points to economic recovery
MANUFACTURING output increased by 14.4 per cent last month on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis.
And excluding the volatile biomedical manufacturing cluster, output increased by 23.9 per cent.
The electronics cluster saw the biggest jump with a 57.3 per cent increase in output last month (y-o-y).
The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) attributed this to higher demand, coupled with the low b… more
This Week’s Market Outlook
The USD has seen its correction extend further this past week, but critical resistance levels (EUR/USD support levels) we highlighted in last week’s issue appear to be exerting some influence. The 1.4250 level has held as support on a daily closing basis thus far, and the more significant 1.4170/90 area…
Australia central bank raises rates, more expected (Reuters)
Reuters – Australia’s central bank raised its key cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent on Tuesday and heralded more to come, saying it was safe to row-back on stimulus now that the worst danger for the economy had passed.
Mythbusting: Frequent Rebalancing improves portfolio returns
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TIPS – A Debt Instrument That Provides Real Return
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