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Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... increased demand for "working from home" technologies prompted by social and business restrictions wrought by the coronavirus. Wall Street's 2020 rally is perfectly rationale given vaccine optimism and the end of President Donald Trump's term ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... corporation called the USA. Thank you very much." - Gordon Gekko "Greed is good". That was the central message of the 1987 film Wall Street - released in December of the same year, shortly after the 1987 crash. Greed by any other name... Nowadays, TINA ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... pessimism depending on which side of the bed financial market participants get up on on the day. Get up on the wrong side and Wall Street traders and speculators and investors would prefer to have stayed in bed. You would too reading, listening, and ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... the Christmas tree Have a happy holiday Everyone dancin' merrily..." - Brenda Lee It's not even December yet but Wall Street's already "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" as news of a better COVID-19 vaccine sent both the S&P 500 index ...

Former advisers face huge fines

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
A former Macquarie financial adviser could be facing $1 million in fines, while the other has been fined $30,000 in a busy week for ASIC. Former Macquarie adviser Warren Acworth has been charged with dishonesty offences in Brisbane. He's facing ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... lockdown measures were implemented in the spring. Given the strong rebound in the US economy in the third quarter, why does Wall Street even care whether a stimulus deal is signed today, tomorrow or never? The short answer is the US Federal Reserve remains ...

Worst investment ideas revealed: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
The research team behind ARK Invest have released a new 'bad ideas report', revealing the industries they believe investors should avoid. Top of the list of bad ideas was physical bank branches, as the ARK researchers think consumer banking will shift ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... back to readings indicating expansion for four months running after hitting 11-year lows back in April this year. So why is Wall Street jumping up and down and going round and round on news of progress or otherwise on stimulus talks? More to the point ...

Neuberger Berman bolsters distribution team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
The $523 billion investment manager has strengthened its intermediary distribution with the appointment of a Sydney-based relationship manager, intermediary distribution. Zac Wallis has over 13 years' experience in the investment management industry ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... laws. Goldman Sachs was number one, having paid US$3.97 billion in relation to settlement charges in Malaysia against the Wall Street bank for its role in helping to raise hundreds of millions for a sovereign wealth fund that was used as a personal piggy ...