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HUB24 reports record results

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... balances on the platform (which resulted in higher cash account income). This cushioned the impact of the RBA's cash rate cuts during the second half of the year, HUB24 said. Its underlying NPAT was impacted by several one-off items, HUB24 said, including ...

Momentum, quality outperform in 2020: S&P

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... the outperformance of the index." With markets rebounding following a series of health and safety measures, interest rate cuts and stimulus packages, the S&P/ASX 200 rebounded from its March 23 lows. In the past, momentum, quality, and small-cap indices ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... world central banks' about face towards a more accommodative policy - led by the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts (July, September and October 2019). Gold prices surged from US$1282.10 an ounce in January 2019 to a high of US$1552.00/ounce ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... government debt caught up in a broad sell off as investors rushed into cash. However government interventions including rate cuts and global quantitative easing forced down yields and had a positive impact on many fixed income portfolios" Invesco head ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... climbing as expected, that was mainly due to a cyclical downturn," Keating said. All that was needed were some interest rate cuts, he said. "We've had 17 interest rate cuts in the past decade the treasury and Reserve Bank have continued to forecast wage ...

Chief economist update: Will emerging markets be first to emerge?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... 2021" - an improvement from the 3.7% growth rate for 2019. This becomes even more convincing given the three interest rate cuts implemented by the Fed in July, September and October 2019. Until the coronavirus became a pandemic, that is. In its April ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... being pumped into the financial system and that is pushing up financial asset prices," Walker said. "Meanwhile interest rate cuts around the world are increasing the value of future earnings in present-day dollars, pushing up valuations (all else being ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... current situation; USD has been rising through the deterioration in Fed policy bets since late 2018 and ultimately renewed rate cuts from mid-2019." Henry Jennings, senior market analyst at Marcus Today, said the biggest difference between the GFC and ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... point cut in interest rates before its scheduled 17-18 FOMC meeting (which was cancelled). In Australia, the RBA's rate cuts on March 3 and March 19 - the official cash rate is now at 0.25% -- as well as bond yield targeting and QE, are matched by ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... surrounding measures to slow the spread of COVID-19.Kerry Craig, global market strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, said rate cuts are not effective if the transmission mechanism to households and companies is impaired. "The 100 basis points rate ...