Treasuries

Equities in Hong Kong, China and South Korea retreated while shares in Australia edged higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed as tech shares rebounded on solid earnings from Tesla and SK Hynix.

Gold is also favoured as an inflation hedge, with cental banks buying more

We expect credit dispersion to increase for both issuers and issues

There's further scope for corporate credit yields to rise.

We feel it is of more benefit to analyse an issuer on a stand-alone basis and understand its own fundamental capacity to repay

STI rebounds sharply to above the 50-day MA as risk-free rates fall, but this trend may be temporary

SYDNEY/TOKYO (June 2): Whether or not the land Down Under snaps its two-decade-long streak without a recession, a glance at the charts shows this past week has been a "septima horribilis" (to purloin and tweak from Queen Elizabeth II) for the wo