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Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... the current expectations du jour - inevitable Fed rate hike on the 15th of March (and how many more thereafter) and US president Trump's reflationary policies (would they be passed in full, scaled down, or abandoned) are recent developments in China ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... points; the Nasdaq at 5,904.03 points and the Russell 2000 at 1,413.64 points - on 1 March 2017. This was the day US president Trump addressed the joint session of Congress that was speculated to trigger sell orders if he doesn't spell out the details ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... that will affect economies and financial markets everywhere. Wednesday (or Tuesday night US time), is the day when US President Donald Trump speaks before the joint-session of Congress, where he, hopefully, will deliver the details of his reflationary ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... Estimate 1 for 2017-18 is $80,625m. This is 3.9% lower than Estimate 1 for 2016-17." The election of Donald Trump as US president has unarguably changed sentiment in terms of bringing out the "animal spirits" in Uncle Sam country but it seems that nothing ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... equity market's weight (1.7%) relative to total, and the bond market making up 1.3% of the world. Needless to say, US President Donald Trump's trade and exchange rate policies would have a direct bearing on the outlook for Australia's economy and its ...

Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... my bones but words will never hurt me". But not for Mexico, it appears, especially when the words come from POTUS. US President Trump's rhetoric about "building a wall along the US-Mexican border"...and making Mexico pay for that wall is hurting the ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... the "bad" ones are worrying, to say the least. "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." Is current US President Donald Trump repeating then US President Herbert Hoover's mistake, circa the "Great Depression" of the 1930s? According to ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... investors' in 2017 is how the US economy will shape up under the direction of the incoming administration. While US President-elect Trump's policy agenda is still evolving to 'make America great again' he has publicly advocated for increased infrastructure ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... yen's strength against the US dollar has weakened to 8.5% (year-to-date) from 16.7% the week before Trump became US president-elect. Still, given the uncertainty and volatility that is Trump, we won't know for sure where his flip-flopping pronouncements ...