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Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... that even Bullard's grim forecast appears to be an underestimation. In spite of these, Wall Street rallied overnight -- Dow +6.38%, S&P 500 +6.24%, Nasdaq +5.60%, Russell 2000 +6.30%. Perhaps it's because claims came in a million less than expected ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has posted second day of gains, rising 2.4% after witnessing its best one-day percentage gain since the Great Depression on Tuesday. "Turnaround Tuesday" saw the bourse surging 11.4% or 2112.98 points during trading ...

COVID-19 shaves $290bn off super

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
COVID-19 and the accompanying market correction has temporarily wiped out nearly $290 billion from Australia's superannuation system since the ASX's February 20 peak, according to new analysis from Rainmaker Research. Many superannuation funds lost ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... to the blows suffered by the Aussie benchmark (-36.5%), the MSCI World benchmark (-33.3%), the S&P 500 (-33.4%), and the Dow (-35.9%). These dramatic falls, accompanied by nausea-inducing swings of volatility, have most investors feeling palpably anxious. ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Friday the 13th isn't so unlucky after all as it turned out to be a rally day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index surged by 9.3% while the Dow and the Nasdaq pole-vaulted by 9.4% the day after US President Trump's declaration of a national emergency ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
COVID-19, despite its obvious health hazards and hysteria-spooked market volatility, can actually be an opportunity for investors, enabling them to purchase the market's darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Trump has taken to Twitter once again, this time, to slam the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell. The tweets follow a tumultuous start to the week for markets, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their worst day in a decade on ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Global markets, already feeling the burn from the spreading COVID-19 virus, have tumbled further, after Saudi Arabia sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian ...