Ringgit Rebound Seen as GDP Limits Outflow Risk: Market Reversal
2013-07-31 03:36:15.70 GMT
By Ye Xie and Liau Y-Sing
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s ringgit is poised to rebound from a three-year low as the economy’s resilience damps concern rising U.S. Treasury yields will prompt overseas investors to dump the nation’s bonds, trading patterns show.
The currency has dropped 2.6 percent since June 30 to 3.2457 per dollar, a loss second only to Indonesia’s rupiah among 23 other emerging-market currencies. The decline pushed the ringgit beyond the limits of the Bollinger band, signaling a reversal may be imminent, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
That’s the biggest deviation in developing markets. Stochastic oscillators also showed the ringgit is oversold.
Morgan Stanley predicts Malaysia’s economic growth and current-account surplus, which is more than twice China’s relative to gross domestic product, will help the ringgit catch up with regional peers. The central bank can use its $138 billion of foreign-exchange reserves to support the currency, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. GDP is forecast to grow 5 percent this year, after a 5.6 percent gain in 2012, the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 21 analysts shows.
“We might be coming close to the end of the weakness cycle in the ringgit,” Rahul Bajoria, a Singapore-based economist at Barclays Plc, said in an interview yesterday. “The current- account surplus still remains quite large, even though it has come off” and domestic demand is driving growth, helping shield the economy from external shocks, he said.
The ringgit’s 5.8 percent loss this year would be its worst annual performance since a 35 percent plunge in 1997, during the Asian financial crisis. It fell 0.7 percent to 3.2475 per dollar as of 11:16 a.m. in Kuala Lumpur, the biggest drop in three weeks, and reached 3.2480, the weakest level since July 2010.
Bond Flows
Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook for Malaysia’s A- credit rating to negative from stable yesterday, citing worsening prospects for cutting government debt levels. The ringgit could underperform as $2.9 billion of sovereign notes mature today, raising the prospect of capital outflows, Dariusz Kowalczyk, a Credit Agricole CIB strategist in Hong Kong, wrote in a research note yesterday.
The currency slid this month on concern global investors, who owned 33 percent of Malaysian government bonds in May, the highest proportion in Southeast Asia, will pull funds out as the U.S. outlines plans to rein in monetary stimulus. The Federal Reserve will conclude a two-day policy meeting today in Washington that may shed light on the timing of such a move.
Ten-year Treasury yields climbed 99 basis points, or 0.99 percentage point, to 2.60 percent since reaching this year’s low on May 1. Malaysia’s 10-year bond yield rose 70 basis points to
4.06 percent in that time.
Outside Band
Technical indicators suggest the ringgit’s decline may have reached the extreme. At today’s level, the ringgit was 0.4 percent weaker than the upper limit of the Bollinger Band. The currency breached its normal trading range this week for the first time in a month.
Bollinger Bands, developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s, are used by technical analysts to identify the turning point in an asset’s trajectory. The limits represent two standard deviations from the 20-day moving average, implying that the likelihood of a currency moving outside the band is rare.
The “k-line” of stochastics, which measures current price relative to highs and lows, has increased to 100, above the 80 threshold deemed as oversold for the ringgit. A dollar-sell signal would be confirmed if the k-line crosses below its own moving average, or “d-line,” which was at 91.
The currency will strengthen 2.4 percent to 3.17 per dollar by the end of December, according to the median of 27 forecasts compiled by Bloomberg.
Debt Levels
BNP Paribas SA predicts rising debt levels will trigger a bond and currency sell off as Prime Minister Najib Razak presses ahead with a 10-year $444 billion spending program aimed at lifting the nation to developed status by 2020. The slowdown in China, Malaysia’s second-biggest export market, is also weighing on the country’s assets, according to the Paris-based lender.
Malaysia’s debt-to-GDP ratio of 53.5 percent is higher than the 25 percent in Indonesia, 51 percent in the Philippines and 43 percent in Thailand, data compiled by Bloomberg show. It’s also approaching the government’s 55 percent limit.
“With China slowing and Fed tapering expected to impact inflows negatively, this will amplify worries over debt sustainability,” Singapore-based BNP analysts Yii Hui Wong and Mirza Baig wrote in a July 29 research note. They cut their year-end forecast for the ringgit to 3.25 per dollar from 3.15.
While Malaysia’s current-account surplus will narrow to 6 percent of GDP this year, from 6.1 percent in 2012 and 12 percent in 2011, it’s higher than the average 2.8 percent in Asian countries and 2.4 percent for China, Bloomberg surveys show.
Ringgit Options
Malaysia’s “fundamentals of a current-account surplus and sustained growth should warrant a correction in the recent weakness in the ringgit,” according to a July 25 report from Morgan Stanley analysts led by Hans Redeker, the head of global foreign-exchange strategy in London.
Bank of America strategists including Christy Tan recommended their clients use options to buy the ringgit, saying the central bank will sell foreign reserves to shore up the currency should the decline deepen.
“We believe that Bank Negara Malaysia is well prepared to defend against a ringgit sell off event,” Tan wrote in a note to clients on July 22. “In the event of a return in appetite for regional bonds, the ringgit is well positioned to outperform in the region.”
【孩子犯错了、讲八句话就可以了】
孩子犯错了,不用批评,只要和孩子讲八句话就可以了。
孩子长大的过程中,免不了会遇到各种问题。作为家长这时不要急着插手,可以先问孩子八个问题,听听他们有什么想法。而往往问不到几个问题,事情就已经很清楚并得到解决了。家长不妨可以一试。
... 第一个问题是:“发生什么事情了?”
这个问题看起来不起眼,但是非常重要。许多成人碰到突发状况时,会习惯性的太快下判断:“一定是你先打他,他才会打你。”“一定是你做错事,老师才会处罚你。”如果我们不让孩子从他的角度说说事情的经过,很可能冤枉孩子。况且,让孩子有机会说话,即使真的是他的错,他也会因为有机会为自己辩解而比较甘心认错。
第二个问题是:“你的感觉如何?”
事情经过是客观事实,当事人心里受到的冲击纯然是主观的感受,无所谓是非对错。很多时候,我们只是需要把自己的感受说出来而已。一旦说出来,哭一哭,骂一骂,心情就会好多了。脑科学研究表明,当一个人情绪强烈的时候,外在刺激不容易被脑部吸收。也就是说,当一个人还有情绪的时候,别人说什么他都会听不进去。总要等到他心情平静下来,才可能冷静思考。所以如果我们希望孩子能够听得进去我们的意见,我们就需要先同理他的感情,让他的情绪有个出口。
孩子够冷静之后,可以问他第三个问题:“你想要怎样?”
这时不管孩子说出什么惊人之语,先不要急着教训他,而是冷静的接着问他
第四个问题:“那你觉得有些什么办法?”
在这个阶段,不妨跟孩子一起做脑力激荡,想各种点子,合理的、不合理的、荒唐的、可笑的、恶心的、幼稚的……脑力激荡的重点就是允许任何看似无稽的想法。这时候不论听到什么,都暂时不要做批评或判断。
等到再也想不出任何点子的时候,就可以问他
第五个问题:“这些方法的后果会怎样?”
让孩子自己一一检视,每个方法的后果会是什么?你可能会很讶异的发现,大部分的孩子都明白事情的后果。如果他的认知有差距,这时候就可以跟他好好讨论,让他明白现实真相。这是一个很好的亲子沟通机会,但是要避免说教,只要陈述事实就可以了。
然后问他:“你决定怎么做?”
孩子一定会选择对自己最有利的状况,如果他了解后果,通常会做出最合理、最明智的选择。即使他的抉择不是成人期望的结果,也要尊重孩子的决定。成人一定要言而有信,不能先问他怎么决定,然后又告诉他不可以这么决定。这样子,他以后再也不敢信任你了。何况,就算他选择错误,他从这个错误中也可以学习到更珍贵难忘的教训。
接着问第七个问题:“你希望我做什么?” 并且表示支持。
等到事情过去之后,问他最后…..
第八个问题:“结果怎样?有没有如你所料?”
或是“下次碰见相似的情形,你会怎么选择?”
让他有机会检视自己的判断。
如此练习几次,孩子就会有自己解决问题的能力,不需要我们操心了
《 经典八问 》
第一个问题:“发生什么事情了?”
第二个问题:“你的感觉如何?”
第三个问题:“你想要怎样?”
第四个问题:“那你觉得有些什么办法?”
第五个问题:“这些方法的后果会怎样?”
第六个问题:“你决定怎么做?”
第七个问题:“你希望我做什么?”
第八个问题:“结果怎样?有没有如你所料?”
或是“下次碰见相似的情形,你会怎么选择……See More
孩子犯错了,不用批评,只要和孩子讲八句话就可以了。
孩子长大的过程中,免不了会遇到各种问题。作为家长这时不要急着插手,可以先问孩子八个问题,听听他们有什么想法。而往往问不到几个问题,事情就已经很清楚并得到解决了。家长不妨可以一试。
... 第一个问题是:“发生什么事情了?”
这个问题看起来不起眼,但是非常重要。许多成人碰到突发状况时,会习惯性的太快下判断:“一定是你先打他,他才会打你。”“一定是你做错事,老师才会处罚你。”如果我们不让孩子从他的角度说说事情的经过,很可能冤枉孩子。况且,让孩子有机会说话,即使真的是他的错,他也会因为有机会为自己辩解而比较甘心认错。
第二个问题是:“你的感觉如何?”
事情经过是客观事实,当事人心里受到的冲击纯然是主观的感受,无所谓是非对错。很多时候,我们只是需要把自己的感受说出来而已。一旦说出来,哭一哭,骂一骂,心情就会好多了。脑科学研究表明,当一个人情绪强烈的时候,外在刺激不容易被脑部吸收。也就是说,当一个人还有情绪的时候,别人说什么他都会听不进去。总要等到他心情平静下来,才可能冷静思考。所以如果我们希望孩子能够听得进去我们的意见,我们就需要先同理他的感情,让他的情绪有个出口。
孩子够冷静之后,可以问他第三个问题:“你想要怎样?”
这时不管孩子说出什么惊人之语,先不要急着教训他,而是冷静的接着问他
第四个问题:“那你觉得有些什么办法?”
在这个阶段,不妨跟孩子一起做脑力激荡,想各种点子,合理的、不合理的、荒唐的、可笑的、恶心的、幼稚的……脑力激荡的重点就是允许任何看似无稽的想法。这时候不论听到什么,都暂时不要做批评或判断。
等到再也想不出任何点子的时候,就可以问他
第五个问题:“这些方法的后果会怎样?”
让孩子自己一一检视,每个方法的后果会是什么?你可能会很讶异的发现,大部分的孩子都明白事情的后果。如果他的认知有差距,这时候就可以跟他好好讨论,让他明白现实真相。这是一个很好的亲子沟通机会,但是要避免说教,只要陈述事实就可以了。
然后问他:“你决定怎么做?”
孩子一定会选择对自己最有利的状况,如果他了解后果,通常会做出最合理、最明智的选择。即使他的抉择不是成人期望的结果,也要尊重孩子的决定。成人一定要言而有信,不能先问他怎么决定,然后又告诉他不可以这么决定。这样子,他以后再也不敢信任你了。何况,就算他选择错误,他从这个错误中也可以学习到更珍贵难忘的教训。
接着问第七个问题:“你希望我做什么?” 并且表示支持。
等到事情过去之后,问他最后…..
第八个问题:“结果怎样?有没有如你所料?”
或是“下次碰见相似的情形,你会怎么选择?”
让他有机会检视自己的判断。
如此练习几次,孩子就会有自己解决问题的能力,不需要我们操心了
《 经典八问 》
第一个问题:“发生什么事情了?”
第二个问题:“你的感觉如何?”
第三个问题:“你想要怎样?”
第四个问题:“那你觉得有些什么办法?”
第五个问题:“这些方法的后果会怎样?”
第六个问题:“你决定怎么做?”
第七个问题:“你希望我做什么?”
第八个问题:“结果怎样?有没有如你所料?”
或是“下次碰见相似的情形,你会怎么选择……See More