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Chief economist update: Foolish takeaway on US-China talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... about - "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Most equity markets around the world rebounded following news that the trade talks between the US and China - though it won't be happening this month as expected - will happen in October. ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... I'm happy to read Jason Murphy's - an economist. He is the author of the new book Incentivology and an article on news.com.au entitled "The worst surplus ever: 'Obsession' rocking the Australian economy" that practically followed through ...

AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... conference attendees. "We would love to crack $2 million in this financial year. We would love to give the media a really good news story about the value of advice," she said. She explained that in the 2019 financial year the foundation partnered with ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Pension? Will adequate retirement incomes be achieved?" Rice Warner said. "This is understandable in the context of the daily news cycle as it is difficult to summarise complex issues (on which experts cannot agree) into a one-page article." However ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Trump's tweet on August 23 where @realDonaldTrump joked (or really believed it?): "The Dow is down 573 points perhaps on the news that Representative Seth Moulton, whoever that may be, has dropped out of the 2020 Presidential Race!" That was high ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... in particular, but they viewed those risks as having diminished over the intermeeting period. In addition, they viewed the news on inflation over the intermeeting period as consistent with their forecasts that inflation would move up to the Committee's ...

CFA exam results out, record participation

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... debuted in 1963, where 94% of test-takers passed. "Our heartiest congratulations go out to all candidates who received great news today of their exam success," CFA president Paul Smith said. "This is an exciting time to be building a career in the investment ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... indices, among others. They were strong too at the time of the late 1990s and mid-2000s yield curve inversions. The good news is that Washington is not having any of these excuses. It's preparing for the worst. According to Factset: "Press continued ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... other from their preferred trading lists - the "Land of the Rising Sun" had been absent from the headlines. The last headline news out of Japan was when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) conducted its monetary policy meeting on July 30, deciding to keep the status ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... sovereign wealth fund are looking to pull out over $1.3 billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management acquired stakes in the company in May 2016 valuing ...