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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... 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; perhaps, it's because ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... package. Other major US indexes posted mixed gains and losses overnight, with the S&P 500 rising a further 1.2% and the Nasdaq Composite falling 0.5%. In the past two days, the Dow has lifted 14%, its largest two-day rally since 1987. The surge comes ...

Times of turmoil create opportunities: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... fallout." Investors are seeking out "new world" sectors to grow their wealth, Green said. "This is evidenced by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index which has done well, where other global indices have faltered," he said. "New industries will come into ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... 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 and announcement of US$50 ...

National Stock Exchange names new chief executive

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... IPO. "With this investment and iSignthis' technology platforms, we have the capability to develop an Australian version of Nasdaq, and become a competitive alternative to the ASX." The ASX has already launched its Australian answer to the Nasdaq, debuting ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... 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 Monday. Markets rebounded on Tuesday on hopes of government stimulus - with the White ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... more than 2000 points. At the end of trade, the S&P 500 fell 7.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.79%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 7.29%. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham said the trading halt overnight serves to help build market resilience ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... activity" posed by the coronavirus. Wall Street's reaction to the Fed's decision -- Dow down 3.0%, S&P 500 down 2.8%, Nasdaq down 3%, Russell 2000 down 2.1% -- may give other central banks (especially those that have already ran out of interest ...

New ETF for ASX All Tech Index

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... scale, there will always been an opportunity to look at the overall cost," Vynokur said. BetaShares has ETFs tracking the NASDAQ, Asian tech stocks, and now, the ASX's all tech sector. For ATEC, it sees potential demand from overseas investors looking ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... investments in global tech stocks. For example, financial advisers already have access to tech ETFs such as the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF, Morningstar Global Technology ETF and the BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF, to name a few. Dalton, on the other ...