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Opportunities exist in high yield: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... prudently to risk," Eaton Vance said. The four key areas of opportunity in high yield are primary issuance, European markets, fallen angels and the energy sector, the investment manager said. In terms of primary issuance, companies looking for short-term ...

Oil to make strong recovery: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... calmer as the June contract approaches," Jones said. "Supply has been cut by OPEC+ since April and US oil production has fallen. As oil demand starts to recover, there are signs of a quick and strong demand recovery, despite the broader economic recovery ...

March ASX200 volatility worse than GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... were only four trading days with greater than 10% intraday volatility and none of them were consecutive. "Despite having fallen from its peaks, the COVID-19 volatility remains about twice the average," Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... work that month - 870K versus the initial estimate of 701K. To top these all, the CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - has fallen to a reading of 27.98 on the day which is the lowest reading since 26 February this year (two weeks before the World Health ...

Cbus ready to deploy cash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... have liked...a number of those opportunities have now come back to us because the players who were looking to fund have fallen away," Fok said. The fund wants to look at new opportunities via platforms it has already engaged with including property and ...

Super switching three times higher: CFS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... have seen is directly linked to how the Australian market is performing on the day. "However, selling after markets have fallen means that you lock in those losses and longer term investment outcomes may be more difficult to achieve." Tully said during ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... 27.6% a week ago. Further out, Q4 earnings expectations turned negative during the middle of the month and have quickly fallen to -8.8% y/y." Overlayed against all these is the ECB's reluctance to do whatever it takes. At its April meeting, the ECB ...

Markets slump as US jobless claims hit 30m

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... to come with the caveat that it follows its worst single month performance in March." At the time of writing the ASX had fallen more than 3.6% to 5321.7 points.

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... their speculative-grade counterparts, the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price shocks have resulted in a marked increase in fallen angels," S&P Global Ratings said. These issuers, who have fallen from investment grade to speculative grade, are now at their ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... of trade flat. Since their record highs on February 20, the Dow is down 20.5%, the S&P is down 17.5% and the Nasdaq has fallen 13.7%. According to Johns Hopkins University, there are 867,459 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the US, while deaths ...