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Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... technical definition of a bull market -- a situation in which stock prices rise by 20%, usually after a drop of 20% (Investopedia) - which, according to behavioural finance, engenders optimism, encouraging even more stock purchases or, in today's ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... at or above the level that prevailed in early September 2019." Quantitative easing is that you? Broadly defined by Investopedia, QE is when the Fed (central banks) increases the money supply by "purchasing assets with newly created bank reserves in order ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... market's downward spiral to be self-sustaining. Investors anticipate losses as pessimism and selling increases." (Investopedia) As a consequence of the US discussions, the yuan appreciated versus the greenback - up from CNY6.7131 per US$1 last Friday ...

Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... technical definition of a drop of at least 20% from the nearest top but more on the its effect on investor psychology. As Investopedia puts it, "A bear market is a condition in which securities prices fall and widespread pessimism causes the stock market's ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... market's downward spiral to be self-sustaining. Investors anticipate losses as pessimism and selling increases." Investopedia...and is therefore unsurprising that China's powers-that-be are coming out of with words of comfort. Here's Bloomberg's ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... market's downward spiral to be self-sustaining. Investors anticipate losses as pessimism and selling increases." Investopedia Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... comes to mind when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is mentioned, and that is oil - for it has plenty of it. According to Investopedia, "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is often cited as the world's largest oil producer. The country produces 13.24% of the oil ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... nominal interest rate, as set by the central bank, to changes in inflation, output, or other economic conditions." (Investopedia). Using the Taylor Rule formula - estimations of what the official cash rate should be given the RBA's assumptions for the ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... S&P 500 has fallen by 0.7%, the Dow by 1.1% and the Nasdaq (since 1971) by 1.0% -- on average - during Septembers. Investopedia says that: "There are several theories which attempt to explain this phenomenon. One particular theory points to the fact ...
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