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Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... 678K)." They went up and down, but the S&P 500 index has fallen by 2.1% since May 10 when the trade war reignited; the Nasdaq by 3.4% and the Russell 2000 index by 4.6% The decline in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices are understandable because the companies ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... tariffs on 974 items from current 5% US equity markets dropped. The S&P 500 index and the Dow closed 2.4% lower with the Nasdaq diving by 3.4% overnight. Ten-year US Treasury bond yields declined by 5 bps to 2.4% - its lowest level since March. The VIX ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... dropped by as much as 1.6% overnight before closing 0.5% lower; the Dow fell by as much as 1.8% before closing 0.3% down; the Nasdaq gave up 2.3% in intra-day trade and ended with a 0.5% loss. According to reports, the late trading day reversal on Wall ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... to mention, the peace dividend that a US-China trade deal brings. Financial developments? Both the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index surpassing their all-time record highs over the past few days. So much so that bubble concerns are starting ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... problem to have, hey? Sure is, if not for the rise and rise in the US equity market - the S&P 500 (up 17.4% YTD) and the Nasdaq (up 23% YTD) have both surpassed their previous peaks. And this, with the mere forward guidance that the Fed funds rate would ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
You couldn't miss it even if you tried; the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite Index surpassed their former peaks overnight. And the Dow is not far behind - it's off a mere 0.6% away from its all-time high. Yes Virginia, you can be forgiven ...

Aussie blockchain investor goes global

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... evolution of a distributed database. We are seeing widespread adoption from JP Morgan, Facebook, IBM, Starbucks, Fidelity, Nasdaq, ASX etc." "Global banks are either developing their own protocol/solution or are part of a larger consortium. Blockchain ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... percent in the last 12 months. Investors in US-focused funds reduced exposure to the S&P 500 and increased exposure to the NASDAQ in the last six months of 2018. State Street's SPDR ASX 200 (ASX: STW) was the most traded ETF in the period, followed ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Three became two, two became one (maybe) or none (more likely). That's the genealogy of the number of interest rate hikes expected of the US Federal Reserve this year - a quick downshift from two 25 basis point increases in the fed funds rate the ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... but for a different reason. The Dow rose by 0.7% on the day (January 25 in New York); the S&P 500 increased 0.8% and the Nasdaq jumped 1.3%. Trump did it! Wall Street's gains came after POTUS announced that he has reached a deal with the US Congress ...