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Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... seemingly never-ending trade battle. US benchmark equity indices dropped last Friday - Dow down by 0.3%), S&P 500 down by 0.5%, Nasdaq down by 1.1%, Russell 2000 down by 0.8% - after Bloomberg reported: "Trump administration officials are discussing ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... man and his dog is already positioned for this eventuality." US equity markets closed mixed: Dow +0.13%, S&P 500 +0.03%, Nasdaq -0.11%, Russell 2000 -0.63%; the yield on 10-year US Treasuries was unchanged at 1.8%; and the Bloomberg US dollar spot index ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Presidential Race!" That was high noon. The Dow ended 623.34 points (2.4%) in the red; the S&P 500 index closed 2.6% lower; the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 tumbled by 3.0% and 3.1%, respectively. Trump let loose on Twitter, virtually naming Powell an ...

NEOS Life partners with insurance tech firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
NEOS Life has partnered with a global software firm to support its underwriting, sales and administration functions. NASDAQ-listed Ebix has deployed several functionalities for the start-up in just nine months. This includes implementing an adviser ...

Chief economist update: Fed cut and Trump's war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... trade, it was risk off. Equity markets fell. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.1% on the day; the DJIA declined by 1.2%; the Nasdaq composite index lost 1.2%; and Russell 2000 index closed 0.7% lower. Bond yields dropped. Ten-year US Treasury bond yields fell ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... means the market is getting more expensive," she said. Despite being the second-most expensive equities market (after the NASDAQ), Australian equities are expected to be held up by lower interest rates, stabilisation of housing prices, tax cuts, political ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... until reaching 25%. This sent US equities lower the next day and last trading day of May - Dow (1.41%), S&P 500 (1.32%), Nasdaq (1.51%), Russell 2000 (1.35%). Meanwhile, 10-year US bond yields closed at 2.14% - the lowest since January this year - and ...

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 ...