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Financial planning pioneer to speak at FPA Congress

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... expect from his session. Mitch Anthony has been a thought leader in financial planning for over 20 years. The University of Texas credits him as introducing the idea of "financial life dialogues" with his 2001 book Your Clients Your Life, which the university ...

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... Note that the IMF's oil price forecast is based on the "simple average of prices of UK Brent, Dubai Fateh, and West Texas Intermediate crude oil". I don't have data for Dubai Fateh but this year to date, the average price of WTI and Brent oil ...

Chief economist update: Foolish takeaway on US-China talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." - former US President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., 17 September ...

Finance cheats more likely to cheat: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
A University of Texas study has found finance professionals who engage in misconduct at work are more likely to be unfaithful in marriage. The study looked at financial advisers, chief financial officers and chief executives amongst others using the ...

Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... translates into less demand for oil. Note that this is based on the "simple average of prices of UK Brent, Dubai Fateh, and West Texas Intermediate crude oil." I don't have data for Dubai Fateh but this year to date, the average price of WTI and ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... course, the synchronised global growth momentum that was still in play in the earlier months of this year. The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has jumped US$66.81 per barrel while that of Brent oil gained US$72.05 per barrel - above the psychological ...

PIMCO partners with data and analytics platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... In an effort to advance its investment-related infrastructure, PIMCO recently announced it will open an office in Austin, Texas later this year in part to recruit technologists. Beacon co-founders Kirat Singh and Mark Higgins said the New York-based ...

Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... synchronised global growth upswing of 2017. Now oil prices have turned on its head. Crude oil's on the rise. The price of the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil has risen by 17.6% to US$71.08/barrel this year to date and by 171.9% since the US$26.14/barrel ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... the likely repair bill from Hurricane Irma at the same time that they're still counting the costs of Hurricane Harvey on Texas and Louisiana. But today is another day and Wall Street's back singing its anthem: "I get knocked down, but I get up again ...

Republican Party-themed ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... Point Bridge Capital, an investment advisory services firm for high-net-worth individuals and charities based in Fort Worth, Texas, and will form as part of its trademarked 'Politically Responsible Investing' products. It will list under ticker code ...