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Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
"Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ...

BetaShares expands in Queensland

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... BetaShares from MSCI, where he was vice president - client coverage. Calderwood previously worked at Morgan Stanley, CIBC, Bloomberg and ANZ. Bolstering its Victoria operations, BetaShares appointed Blair Modica as a local business development manager. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... dollar's depreciation that makes the price of imported goods more expensive and eventually passed on to consumers. The Bloomberg US dollar spot index has weakened by 3.3% this year to date, sending import prices are rising. Import prices jumped 1% in ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... the rise and rise of US bond yields are giving equity investors a run for their money. Though down overnight to 2.82% (Bloomberg data) from 2.84%, the recent rise in the 10-year Treasury bond yields have reduced the S&P 500's premium to 3.05% (including ...

Chief economist update: This time is different

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... Conference in Dana Point, California. A level of "500 is less likely, but there is some possibility you get there." Bloomberg published this sometime in March 2009... shortly before the S&P 500 index bottomed at 666 points and went on to record one record ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... their worst days since Brexit" (Business Insider) "Stocks Tumble, Bonds No Haven as Selloff Worsens: Markets Wrap" (Bloomberg) Yes Virginia, the US stock market had tumbled, sold off and crushed overnight. The final tally showed the S&P 500 index down ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Down, down, the US dollar is down (again). Bloomberg's USD index shows that the US dollar dropped 1.0% overnight - taking its 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic ...

SG Hiscock wins small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... collateralised loan obligations. It has returned 6.5% per annum over the five years to 31 December 2017 and is benchmarked to the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index, which returned 4% over the same period. Brodie explained the choice to invest in the ...

Supervised Investments wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... collateralised loan obligations. It has returned 6.5% per annum over the five years to 31 December 2017 and is benchmarked to the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index, which returned 4% over the same period. "Supervised Investments has a long track record ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... delivering bonuses to employees, capitalizing on the U.S. tax overhaul to stay competitive in a tightening labor market" (Bloomberg) starting next month. And then, there's also the US dollar's weakness - the US dollar index (relative to major currencies) ...