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The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Mexico continue to underperform due to their weak COVID-19 policy responses. "In addition to South Africa, assets in Turkey, Russia and Qatar have all remained under stress for a variety of reasons specific to those countries," he said. "Given the huge ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... has reversed proceedings: "Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke with President Putin of Russia, & I expect & hope that they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
All good things must come to an end and this 'Lucky Country's' luck appears to have ran out after enjoying 28 years and a bit without an economic recession. Australia has survived economic and financial market upheavals over the past three ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
COVID-19, despite its obvious health hazards and hysteria-spooked market volatility, can actually be an opportunity for investors, enabling them to purchase the market's darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... the OPEC cartel failed to agree on supply cuts aimed to address a slump in global demand caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Russia refused to back plans to cut production, and in retaliation, Saudi Arabia launched a price war for greater market share ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Is this the stock market crash we have to have? The great reboot from the overvaluation in stock market prices prompted by cheap interest rates that punished savers and drove investors to go look where their capital could get higher returns? The global ...

Hollywood actor charged by SEC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... years. Seagal has starred in more than 50 films, including Under Siege and Above the Law. In 2018 he was also named by Russia as a special envoy to the US.

Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... it is quite commodity and interest rate based. It's the same story in South Africa. Turkey is very politically run and Russia is quite dependent on the oil price and global risk, whereas the Asian story is really about a pick-up in growth. " Taylor said ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... 1.0 mb/d in 2019. At the same time, as agreed upon on 6 December 2019, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations - termed "OPEC+" - reduced production by around 500 kb/d (kilo barrels per day) to 2.1 mb/d ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... way. WTI oil has risen by 35.4% and Brent by 34.0% in 2019 after the the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations - termed "OPEC+" -- agreed to reduce production by around 500 kb/d (kilo barrels per day) to ...