quantatative easing

The hurdle for the Reserve Bank of Australia to backtrack on the bond-buying taper decision remains high and keeping it elevated would be the rapidly accelerating pace...

Two big questions asked this week had a common thread. The questions were; are stocks overvalued and why doesn’t the RBA undertake more quantitative easing? The common...

In November, Australia entered uncharted territory as the RBA announced the introduction of Quantitative Easing (QE) via $100 billion of purchases of 5- to 10-year...

Exploiting inefficiencies and finding real alpha in bond markets during an era of low yields is possible says Ying Yi Ann Cheng, Portfolio Management Director at...

In case you missed it, there was another event on yesterday - one that featured bonds and bankers rather than whips and jockeys. The RBA had their November meeting...

Over the past few months, we have seen some inconceivable things from markets and economies around the globe; from talk of negative interest rates to wild valuations,...

Along with massive fiscal stimulus globally to deal with the impact of coronavirus shutdowns on the economy, the last month or so has also seen massive monetary easing...

RBA Governor Lowe has detailed his preference for a possible RBA Quantitative Easing (QE) program after further possible RBA rates cuts. Lowe suggests ‘’if’’ the RBA...

Over the past 18 months, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has changed tack from “the next move in interest rates is up” to a dovish bias. So much so, that...

With the cash rate already at just 1.5%, the Reserve Bank has limited ammunition left to deal with a falling housing market and a slowing Australian economy. Even if...

Quantitative easing (QE) is the process by which central banks inject money directly into the financial system, usually through the purchase of government bonds using...

There was much fanfare on the 22nd May 1994 when millionaire Japanese dentist Akihiro Kabe and co-driver Takeshi Okano approached the start of Australia’s inaugural...

Bonds are typically viewed as a defensive component of an investor's portfolio. They tend to perform best when your riskier assets are doing poorly. Stuart Dear,...