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"Shunned" investment strategy generating massive returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... to PM Capital. One opportunity that is not well-known and is even "shunned" by some investment managers are long-term US dollar subordinated debt securities, director and portfolio manager, income securities Jarod Dawson said at a recent media briefing. ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... years (January 1994 when the index read 9.94) - the yield on 10-year US Treasuries were up a mere 2 bps to 2.26% and the US dollar index down a tad (0.2%) to 97.11. All these despite the increasing implementation risks of Trump's fiscal agenda - tax ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... and is up 4.1% this year to date. Similarly, the Japanese yen reversed course, resuming its weakening trend versus the US dollar - down 4.2% from the five-month high reached in mid-April - but remains 2.3% stronger against the greenback to date. The ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... industry expert. This week the cryptocurrency broke record-highs when it started trading above USD$1680 against the US dollar. As at May this year, the total market cap of the bitcoin market has more than doubled to US$23 billion since it hit the US$10 ...

BetaShares expands to Victoria

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... Global Sustainability Leader ETF (ETHI), the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong US Dollar Fund (YANK), and the Australian Small Companies Select Fund (SMLL). BetaShares is Australia's 11th fastest growing investment ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... include Canadian dairy exports to the US. Not surprisingly, the Canadian dollar dropped to a 14-month low against the US dollar before settling at US$73.67 at the close of last night's trading - down 0.5% from the previous day and 1.0% this year to date. ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... US bonds and 10-year TIPS (treasury inflation-protected securities) fell below 2.0%. No more reflation? Likewise, the US dollar index dipped by 0.6% to 99.63 - the lowest in seven weeks - from the week prior and down 3.5% from this year's high of 103.21. ...

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... because of the recovering economy, supported by stronger ties with China. Weaker regional currencies because of the strong US dollar and low interest rates may attract renewed interest and investment volumes may improve," the report said. SLI is forecasting ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... 0.5%, S&P up 0.84%, Nasdaq up 0.7%, Russell 2000 up 1.5% -- the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell by 1.1% and the yield on 10-year US Treasuries fell by 10 bps to 2.5%. And oh, commodity prices also soared. The ...

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... in the week prior to the unveiling of China's economic blueprint while the yuan depreciated another 0.3% against the US dollar on top of the 0.4% decline it recorded the week before PM Li's speech. This is highly perplexing and goes against recent history ...

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KARREN VERGARA
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Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

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