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Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... rise since the start of November, we don't think that equity markets have necessarily become overvalued. In our view, lower interest rates mean that the sustainable levels of price/earnings ratios have risen and, despite signs of froth in some market ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... decelerated from the 1.6% quarterly rate in the September quarter to 0.9% in the three-months to December 2020. It would have been lower had it not been for smokers with young children and building a house contributing to the pick-up in the consumer ...

Money does buy happiness: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... experienced and evaluative wellbeing increased linearly with log(income), with an equally steep slope for higher earners as for lower earners," the report said. "There was no evidence for an experienced wellbeing plateau above $75,000, contrary to some ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... targets at 1.5 percent. Among emerging market and developing economies inflation is projected just over 4 percent, which is lower than the historical average of the group." The risks to the IMF's optimistic outlook? "On the upside, further favorable ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... extending a hand to Trumpeteers in efforts to reunify what Donald has divided. "We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No ...

Tide turns in ETFs, managed funds inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... funds management industry in capital raising. Long-term mutual funds and ETFs gathered only US$212 billion, which is much lower than the average annual inflows of US$356 billion between 2010 and 2019. By manager, Vanguard topped the inflows with US$141 ...

Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... confidence over their job prospects. This compares with the 8.0% unemployment rate the RBA forecast for end-year 2020 and lower than the Treasury's already lowered Mid-Year Economic and Financial Outlook (MYEFO) prediction for the jobless rate to ...

Volatility ahead for Magellan shareholders: Morgan Stanley

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... high-ROE and high-multiple fund manager and is expanding into unlisted principal investments and investment banking, which are lower-multiple businesses. This makes MFG more diverse, a strategy that MQG has successfully used," Morgan Stanley analysts ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... risk-adjusted basis, the Australian equities active core category delivered a median return of 4.4% per annum for the period - lower than the S&P/ASX200's 5.2% per annum. Aussie equities small caps delivered 7.5% p.a., which is above the benchmark's ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... stand in the other person's shoes, as my mom would say, just for a moment." "We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No ...