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Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... Yesterday's up move and today's fall could both be explained. In the current context, market up because US-China trade war shows signs of easing, Brexit negotiations smooth, Fed to ease up on hikes, employment up, spending up, company earnings ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... into the minus column alongside its brothers, in time for Thanksgiving. This is because it's raining... problems - trade war, Brexit, Italian budget, de-synchronised global growth, geo-political concerns, free-falling emerging markets, etcetera ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... commentate on the day-to-day action on Wall Street these days. Wall Street down... it's because of the US-China trade war, Brexit, Italy, overvaluation, peak earnings, Fed policy mistake. Wash, rinse, repeat at the next down day. Wall Street up... ...

Chief economist update: Slowing in sync

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... deficit and the general slowing in Eurozone economic activity, there's Brexit, and of course, there's Trump's trade war against China. A picture paints a thousand words, so here's what the Fed's policy normalisation has done to emerging ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... growth all around the globe. But alas! Reminiscent of the song, Trump spoils it all by saying something stupid like "trade war" and "closed borders". Those extra workers America needs but couldn't fill can be sub-contracted to Mexico or China - easing ...

AustralianSuper to cut equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... "inevitable", classifying it as the highest-priority item on the investment team's watch list, followed by the US-China trade war, and lastly a crash in Aussie housing. "We are going to start reducing our share weightings because that's the most ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Uh-oh! Borrowing a quote from Robert Burns: "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." It appears to be heading that way looking at the third quarter economic scorecard in the Eurozone. Advance estimates show that the single currency region's ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The intensity of the US and China trade war roiling the equity markets is worrying investors who are seeking alternative emerging markets exposure. This is according to King Irving Funds Management managing director Kate Mulligan, who sees emerging ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... prices. It appears that the Fed - and the risk of it making a policy mistake - is becoming a bigger worry than Trump's trade war or China's slowdown or Kim's nukes or Saudi Arabia's reported "assassination". To paraphrase that old Wall ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... China's latest injection of liquidity in the economy should help offset its challenges, not least because of its trade war with the US. The 100 basis point cut in the reserve requirement ratio - to 14.5% for large institutions and 12.5 percent for ...