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Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... point to the "seeds of the next boom" as evidenced in unprecedented stimulus from governments and money supplied by central banks across the globe. What puts it at risk, she warned, is if the money supply contracted or was pulled away. Then there is ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
Australian private new capital expenditure (capex) usually commands attention before and during its release for it provides an indication of domestic firms' optimism towards future growth as well as, itself, being a driving component of that growth. ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... but most companies moved quickly when the markets seized up this time around," she said. The moves of the world's central banks have also helped to buoy global real estate companies. "As the markets began the sharp sell-off in late February, many listed ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... for goods in the short-to-medium term will dampen inflation, there are fears of an inflationary scenario in which central banks are unable to hike interest rates due to the unprecedented amount of outstanding debt in the economy," it said. "Risk managers ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... policies and cash to mitigate the impact on businesses and those who'll find themselves without jobs. However, central banks and governments can flood the system with all the money they have, or can print and mint, but even a million dollars each ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... economies on planet Earth, the outlook is "dependent on containment of the virus". As with all other government and central banks around the world, "the economy is being supported by the substantial, coordinated and unprecedented easing of fiscal and ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... renewed collapse in interest rates and bond yields," Oliver added. Gold therefore has further upside, he said, until central banks start to tighten and bond yields rise significantly. Similarly, Creagh believes both silver and gold will continue to push ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... faith in the fiat currency is lost, hard commodities, especially gold, provide a safer haven. So much so that even central banks are loading up (or plan to) on gold. After buying 650 metric tonnes of the metal last year, Forbes cites a World Gold Council ...

Citi adds to markets, custody leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... market volatility caused by the pandemic." McKerihan joined Salomon Brothers as a salesperson with responsibility for central banks in non-US dollar markets in 1989. She was appointed head of fixed income sales for Asia Pacific in 1999 moving to Hong ...

Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... coronavirus to fry. US President Trump and China's leader Xi could smooch and make up tomorrow but governments and central banks and financial markets around the world would still be scrambling until the covid-19 pandemic becomes history. Besides ...