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Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... AUD-USD spreads add a positive tailwind for holding Tesla Inc. "The Australian dollar has depreciated [against] the US dollar year to date, the yield differentials are widening and we see the tailwind to continue," she said.

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
There were some moments so far in 2018 when it perked up against the US dollar but the path of least resistance has been a decline for the New Zealand dollar. The NZ dollar has dropped by 6.8% versus the greenback (to US$0.6628) this year to date and ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... especially fall in emerging countries which have experienced sharp depreciations in their respective currencies versus the US dollar. Rising oil prices will cure rising oil prices!

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... rather than into China as emerging markets tumbled, prompted by the escalation of Sino-Yankee trade tensions and the US dollar appreciation. So much so that by August 1 the Shanghai Composite Index and the SSE A-share index have tumbled into a bear market ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... makes it hardly surprising that its consumers and businesses would be buying more especially with the strength of the US dollar making imports cheaper. The US trade deficit jumped to US$50.1 billion in July from US$45.7 in June. This is the widest deficit ...

Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... Australian equities (6.7%) and property (6.4%). The fund has ramped up its private equity exposures in the last year. "The US dollar has strengthened and that's one part of why the allocation has increased," Future Fund chief executive David Neal said. ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... rose by 0.8% and that for emerging markets increased by 2.4%. While the Australian dollar's exchange rate versus the US dollar managed to end the week with a 0.1% advance to US$0.7329, it was small beer compared with the its peers - against the greenback ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... extent mainly depending on developments in economic activity and prices." The Japanese yen's exchange rate versus the US dollar declined by 0.8% immediately after the announcement and because of its negative correlation with the Nikkei-225 index ...

LIT serves up junk bonds to SMSFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... 20% is European and about 20% in emerging markets. The trust only invests in debt denominated in three currencies: the US dollar, the Sterling and the Euro. As a result, the portfolio has no exposure to debt denominated in Turkish Lira which plunged ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... heavily reliant on trade - are now bearing the brunt of Trump's protectionist policy and also because most have US dollar-denominated debt, are feeling the heat of the greenback's appreciation as the Fed continues its policy "normalisation" drive. ...