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The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... equities and bonds, the markets' performance since 2009 globally had seemed like a one-way street for investors, as central banks around the world sought to stabilise a financial system with negative-interest rate policy (NIRP) and its close cousin ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... and get this, the Nasdaq composite index has rallied to new record highs! Certainly, the flood of liquidity from central banks and government treasuries are underpinning equity market performance. So are equity purchases due to TINA - there is no alternative ...

Red tape to slow recovery: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... And we have done this with around 90% of our staff working from home." Lowe said that despite evidence that the central banks package has been working as expected, he warned against increasing regulation. "Over the past 20 years whenever a problem has ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... will result in a huge budget deficit. "A fair bit of my time is spent thinking about the idea of the penetration of central banks into asset markets," Doyle said. "We are all used to central banks buying government bonds and asset backed securities in ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... today's extraordinary policy measures as increasing inflation risks over the medium term," the Institute said. "Central banks could be more willing to tolerate inflation overshoots despite the upward pressure on rates from high debt levels, as monetary-fiscal ...

Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... Although they have limited the extent of the downturn, I remain doubtful whether the trillions of dollar spent by central banks and fiscal authorities could have turned around investor sentiment this early. In my book it's the easing, not of monetary ...

USD exposure benefits investors: ETF Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... diversify an Australian portfolio. "The US dollar has traditionally been viewed as a safe-haven asset, with most global central banks keeping it as a reserve currency and many international transactions conducted in the US dollar," Walesby said. "The ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... looking through the short-term pain and dismal economic data to focus instead on support measures from governments and central banks to push equity markets higher, he said. "Our view is that weakness in economic data just means the economy is weak, and ...

Opportunities exist in high yield: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... of a sharp contraction in global economic activity - unknown in its extent right now - and which governments and central banks, on their own, cannot halt," it said. "We believe investment opportunities do exist across European and US markets and that ...

Multi-boutique warns of fourth quarter reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... bankruptcies and subsequent economic strife. "Similarly, sustained liquidity provisions and asset purchases from central banks will be required to support the economy. She doesn't believe markets will re-test their lows, however, warns that the arguably ...