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Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Ordinaries index has fallen by 4.8% between the start of 2018 and the end of the first quarter. This compares with the Euro Stoxx-50 index's 4.1% decline over the same period and South Korea's 1.3% fall. Sure, Argentina's Merval index dropped by more ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... the Nikkei-225 index is down 9.4%; the Shanghai composite index has lost 4.7%; the FTSE-100 index has dropped 10% and the Stoxx-50 is 5.9% cheaper. This made sense because as I typed in this space many, many times before, "war is good for absolutely ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... after appreciating by 13.9% last year. The breakdown in the negative correlation between the euro exchange rate and the Euro Stoxx-50 index since the middle of last year underscores investors' optimism for the Eurozone economy. The Euro Stoxx-50 index ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Nikkei-225 to its best in more than a quarter of a century (+4.2%). While the Eurozone's major equity market benchmark - the Stoxx 50 index - only managed to climb to a three-week high it's 3.0% return over the first week of 2018 is up there with the ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... markets' performance of late. Despite the euro's 12.4% appreciation versus the US dollar this year to date to US$1.18, the Stoxx-50 index has continued its strong run - up 8.8% since the start of the year after gaining only 0.7% in 2016. What's more ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... corresponding gradual absorption of economic slack" would prompt inflation to "rise gradually over the medium term". The Euro Stoxx-50 index's 4.3% gain so far this year despite the euro currency's appreciation - they used to have a strong negative correlation ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... Street and Europe overnight. The S&P 500 index closed 0.9% lower last night (the Nasdaq even more, down 1.4%) while the Stoxx Europe fell by 1.3%. [To see Ben's Australian private sector credit analysis, click here.] Bloggeratis point their fingers at ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... bonds continued to sell-off (the yield on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a full 10 basis points to 2.57%). The Euro Stoxx-50 index closed lower by as much, down 0.8% and the FTSE-100 index finished 0.3% down. Equity markets in the Asian timezone ...

Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... S&P500 shed about 3% over the past nine trading days; the ASX200 has shed 4.6% over the last two weeks, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell to its lowest point since early July and in Japan, the Nikkei 225 dropped 3.1% by end of last week - its worst ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016