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So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
It's back! And it's good! Yes Virginia, the "bad news is good news" trade is back on. It's risk back on as China's bad -- very, very bad, trade data sparked hopes of further stimulus and Fed lift-off delay. As 'The Guardian' reports, the latest trade ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
News that China has revised its 2014 growth estimate from 7.4% -- the lowest in almost 25 years and missing its 7.5% target for that year - to 7.3% may have raised only a few eyebrows but it certainly added fuel to accusations that the People's Bank ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... to GDP to be 2.4% by year-end. This compares with 2.6% for the US, 6.8% for Japan, 4.4% for the UK and Spain and 2.7% for China. Sure, austerity and thrift is good... but not if every sector in the economy is doing it for one sector's spending is another ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... are again in upheaval and fear is once more on the rise - the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight to a reading of 31.40. It's China that did it! Oh yes, Virginia, yesterday's official PMI result reminded all and sundry that all is not well in the world's ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... just-re-estimated 3.7% annualised GDP growth numbers and solid jobs growth. Others point to financial market volatility, China and low inflation as evidence for a delay. Ex-Fed vice chairman Alan Blinder said it best, "If you don't know yourself, what ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... Last night, it did. The Dow and the S&P 500 soared - 4.0% and 3.9%, respectively - at the closing bell. It wasn't because China's suddenly righted itself and not a single soul now expects the economy to crash and burn. In fact, the Shanghai Composite ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... few decades. So much so that some can hardly be considered emerging markets anymore. As the commodity super cycle led by China winds down, the rise of the middle class has become the new megatrend for the giant continent. According to the study 'The ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... are barking at the wrong tree. It has been less than a month ago - before this wailing and gnashing of teeth - that bad China news brought hopes that central command would fight back with stimulus measures to keep PM Li's growth target of 7.0% on target. ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... with the S&P 500 tumbling another 4% while we slept after falls of 2.1% last Thursday and 3.2% last Friday. It's because of China, it's the Fed, it's OPEC, it's Greece, it's currency wars and beggar-thy-neighbour policies, it's overvaluation, it's the ...

OneVue wins ChinaAMC mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
OneVue will provide responsible entity and unit registry services for China Asset Management (ChinaAMC) and Azure Funds Management's ChinaAMC China Opportunities fund. Under the agreement, ChinaAMC - which currently manages roughly $150 billion in assets ...