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Dividends take hit, but will recover

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... shareholders. Although the fall in economic activity will be larger than that seen during the GFC, fiscal and monetary stimulus should aid a quicker recovery. "The amount of government and central bank stimulus and support already exceeds that of the ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... gives? What gives, of course, is the Fed and Trump's largesse. The White House is currently debating its fourth fiscal stimulus package - worth around US$2 trillion -- and the Fed has pulled out all the stops in underwriting whatever (they be junk ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... decisions," he said. "It is now a 'buyer's market' for carefully selected high-quality stocks that stand to benefit from global stimulus and the eventual shift to recovery, particularly in the health care, software & services, transportation, energy ...

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... Monetary Fund's (IMF) world growth forecast of a 3.0% contraction this year seem optimistic. Monetary and fiscal stimulus measures could help mitigate the economic downdraft, so would the clamoured for relaxation of social restrictions and lockdowns. ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... bearish," Dawes said. "It reminds me of a saying 'Don't fight the Fed'; with combined fiscal and governmental stimulus around the world meaning traders are happy to keep buying despite the economic red flags." Investors should look to PMI ...

Top adviser queries revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... questioning how partner income impacts an applicant's social security payment rates, Day said. "Since the first economic stimulus package on March 12, the government has been making significant additional announcements as well as updating and providing ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Economic experts are calling on the government to commit to "gargantuan" fiscal stimulus measures, amounting to at least 15-20% of Australia's GDP per year for the next two to three years. Anything less, they argue, will run the risk of a debt-default ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... overweight US equities for their relative quality bias and the sizable policy response to the outbreak: large fiscal stimulus coupled with the Federal Reserve's commitment to keep rates low and markets functioning," Boivin said. "We stay underweight ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... government budgets are even in surplus. As S&P Global prints in its April 2020 report: "The unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus that many sovereigns are implementing in order to help their economies weather the pandemic will have long-lasting ...

Future Fund falls 3.4% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... said. He also quashed speculation about the $167 billion fund stepping in to help the government fund its $213 billion stimulus package, which will provide for JobKeeper payments and SME rental relief among other measures. "Our job is just to invest ...