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Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... GDP has further increased in 2018 continues to do so. That's good. Even better is Factset's latest report on the Trump-Xi trade talks: "Bloomberg cited people familiar with discussions who said most or all US tariffs on China likely to be lifted ...

AFA rebukes ideological drive against conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... directions. "But experience shows that conflicts between duty and interest can seldom be managed; self-interest will almost always trump duty." In opening his address to tour delegates this morning, Anderson said he knew the Royal Commission wouldn't ...

Royal Commission boosts platform provider

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Another platform provider believes it's well positioned after the Royal Commission. Releasing its half-yearly results to the ASX today, HUB24 said it expects to benefit from Kenneth Hayne's suite of recommendations for improving the wealth management ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... technically from a bear to a bull. China's Shanghai Composite Index spiked 5.6% yesterday after US President Donald Trump used his fingers to do the talking: "I am pleased to report that the US has made substantial progress in our trade talks with ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... foreign investment rules," Thawley said. "What we also know right now is that any deal will not fix the trade deficit that Mr Trump worries about." US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address this week pegged reducing the chronic trade ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... reason. The Dow rose by 0.7% on the day (January 25 in New York); the S&P 500 increased 0.8% and the Nasdaq jumped 1.3%. Trump did it! Wall Street's gains came after POTUS announced that he has reached a deal with the US Congress to end the record ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
Last week, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) published a piece headed: "Capital Economics becomes fourth forecaster to call for RBA rate cut". It talked about the "independent macroeconomic research" company joining AMP Capital and Industry Super ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... "economic experts" were seeing the same thing last year - 12 full months of wines and roses. That time, it was "Tax cut Trump". As per the IMF's January 2018 report, "...the US tax reform and associated fiscal stimulus are expected to temporarily ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Curtin - has laid it out clearly and succinctly: "Consumer sentiment declined in early January to its lowest level since Trump was elected. The decline was primarily focused on prospects for the domestic economy, with the year-ahead outlook for the national ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Retail investors predict the trajectory of the local share market will be flat in 2019, but expect to be rewarded with modest returns, Investment Trends' latest survey shows. The 2195 investors canvassed in the monthly Investor Intentions Index ...