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AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024

... designed to provide diversification and upside to members by investing in tradeable assets, including equity and bond futures, VIX futures, currencies, and traditional commodities like gold, copper, and oil - was done "following testing and careful consideration ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022

... his invasion of Ukraine. As many investors are aware, uncertainty isn't good for markets. So much so that that the CBOE VIX index - the "fear gauge" - has soared by 7.7% to 31.02 on the aforementioned headlines (its highest level since late January ...

Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021

... Committee judges that a moderation in the pace of asset purchases may soon be warranted". Risk assets rallied and the CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - dropped from a four-month high of reading of 25.7 just before the Fed meet to 20.9. It's currently ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021

... set the day before. The index is still up 12.4% this year to date and by a whopping 35.2% from a year ago. More, despite the VIX index's - the 'fear gauge' - 6.6% jump on the day, at a reading of 18.15, it's still lower than the most ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021

... composite by 2.7%; and the Russell 2000 by 3.3%. The yield on 10-year US bonds increased to 1.70% from 1.62% the day before. The VIX index - the fear gauge - soared by 26.3% to a reading of 27.59 (the highest since March this year) and the US dollar ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 APR 2021

... highs, led by the jump in the S&P 500 index to an all-time peak of 4,129.5 points. What's more telling is that the CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - has fallen to a reading of 16.69 points - the lowest since February 2020 before China's coronavirus ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021

Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021

... by the rise in US equities, with all benchmark indices rallying to record highs, 10-year US bond yields slipping, and, the VIX index - the fear gauge - dropping by 7.1% to 21.58 points. More so this time that the US executive, monetary and fiscal branches ...

Capital raisings, trading volumes up in June

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020

... trade was also up during the month, lifting 27% since the same time last year to $4.8 billion. Meanwhile, the S&P/ASX 200 VIX (measuring future volatility) also rose, lifting 62% to 22.2 compared to June 2019 (13.7), while the All Ordinaries Index (measuring ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020

... 31.4%; the Nasdaq down by 25.6%; the Russell 2000, down by 39.2%. The "winter of despair" was captured by the spike in the VIX index to a reading of 82.69 - its highest level of Factset's (1990), surpassing the 80.86 registered during the Great Recession ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY

Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA

The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA

Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN

Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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