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Official recession not that scary: Economists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... economy performed admirably over the first half of the year. He said the total contraction in output of 3.5% over H1 20 versus H2 19 compares favourably with many other advanced economies. "Australia's initial efforts in controlling the spread of ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... Actual total private new capital expenditures may have surprised on the upside, falling by 5.9% in the three months to June versus expectations for an 8.4% drop but the latest contraction in business investment marked the sixth consecutive quarter of ...

Chief economist update: Fed heads for the mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... inflation remained muted (below or not much above the 2% target) despite the unemployment rate hitting a 50-year low of 3.5% versus the Fed participants' recent u-star estimate (pre-coronavirus) of 4.1%. It was is fear of the substantial drop in ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... July's final reading of 54.7. The manufacturing PMI slowed a tad from 51.8 to 51.7 in August. However, renewed euro strength versus the US dollar - up 3.6% this year to date and up 8.8% from its 2020 low) - amongst other challenges wrought by the ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... best exemplified by the piece I published yesterday, praising New Zealand and her prime minister Jacinda Ardern's win versus the virus. You would have had it on your monitors around lunchtime yesterday. It was good... until the evening of yesterday ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... investors seeing gold as an alternative to paper currencies. "Perhaps most importantly, the opportunity cost of holding gold versus cash or government bonds as an alternative store of value has collapsed again thanks to the renewed collapse in interest ...

FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... between men and women. The top cause for both is accidents, but men have relatively many more accidents than women at 38% versus 28%. It also tells a different story for mental health, which comes in second for women at 22%, whereas for men it's less ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... equity allocations since 2013 both relative to fixed income and as an overall proportion of asset allocation: 26% (equities) versus 34% (fixed income). Adding on GFC lessons and the lack of withdrawal imperatives, they were well positioned going into ...

Super fund satisfaction mixed, SMSFs unhappy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... satisfied with their fund, Investment Trends said. Among those who did seek guidance 72% reported being happy with their fund, versus 65% of those who did not seek guidance. According to Roy Morgan, retail funds saw the biggest increase in ratings, recording ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... managers for strong alpha generation. "The average A-shares manager has delivered 5.3% per year over the last five years, versus -6.2% for the MSCI A-Shares index," it said. "Meanwhile, the average 'China Equity' manager has delivered +5.3% per ...