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Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... economy and commodity prices and, if I may add... the property market shackles that prevent the RBA from cutting interest rates. Yes, only yesterday we got a pleasant surprise from the ABS report that showed retail sales surged by 1.0% in the month of ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets again Tuesday next week and no one expects it to raise or lower interest rates after the 6 June soiree. The Australian central bank is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. It's caught between ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... is warranted because economic conditions are evolving in line with the FOMC's expectations. Historically, rising interest rates are a negative for the equity market - perhaps, the rationale behind the old adage "three hikes and stumble" on Wall Street ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... on the Chinese yuan that, in turn, would reduce the country's foreign exchange reserves; then there's the higher interest rates on foreign borrowing due to the lowered credit rating that would flow onto more expensive funding to Chinese corporates, shrink ...

"Shunned" investment strategy generating massive returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... a zero risk premium, but when the GFC hit, the capital was ravaged by 50%. But in the last 12 months or so when interest rates bottomed, these securities have generated a 40% for the investment manager. Dawson forecasts interest rates will increase significantly ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... policy settings anytime soon. Coure told his audience at a conference at the Paris School of Economics that, "When interest rates are negative some people complain, we think that it clearly contributed overall to the effectiveness of monetary policy... ...

Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... returns and protect their capital in ways not typically available to passive managers. The US Federal Reserve lifted interest rates twice in just three months to 1%, and hinted two more increases in 2017 and another three in 2018. In Australia, the market ...

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... ANZ, CBA, NAB, WBC - say they would pass onto their depositors, which certainly could come in the form of higher interest rates for borrowers.

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... pays' assets come into their own. Such assets are usually correlated to GDP growth and are protected from rising interest rates, giving investors an inflation hedge." Shaw said recent history demonstrated that even though infrastructure underperforms ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... institutions explain changes or proposed changes to residential mortgage pricing, including amendment of fees, charges, or interest rates. The levy will be calculated quarterly as 0.015% of an ADI's licensed entity liabilities as at each APRA mandated ...