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Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... recovery, closing this position in July. "Over the past twelve months we have taken hedged positions in both the European and Japanese markets with the view that whilst the quantitative easing programs in these regions would stimulate their equity markets ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... outlook remain tilted to the downside and relate mainly to the external environment." Japan GDP The final estimate of Japanese GDP showed the economy advanced by 0.2% in the June quarter, up from zero growth in the initial estimate. Domestic demand contributed ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... numbers add to the disappointing inflation and consumer spending data pointing that the BOJ would be easier in September. Japanese industrial output showed no growth in the month of July after rising by 2.3% in the previous month and was lower than market ...

Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... fivefold increase from Korea Electric. Most other Korean companies modestly increased their payouts. Elsewhere in the world, Japanese dividend growth was 28.8% in headline terms, but most of this increase was due to the strength of the Japanese currency. ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... in supply, you keep doing this and eventually it starts to push the price up, inflation starts to come back into the Japanese economy and you continue to do that probably until you've done your ¥28 trillion. Hopefully that's enough to buy the Japanese ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... have enjoyed updating the market as more and more of the world's bonds trade at negative rates but you can still buy Japanese Government Bonds at positive yields. Duration still works. Bonds can still go up in price," Grow said. Though global investors ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... improvement in both present and future home sales and new construction in most regions. A reading above 50 indicates optimism. Japanese GDP Disappointing Japanese economic growth figures have all but cemented expectations for more policy easing from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... from manufacturers soared by 17.7 percent while those from non-manufacturing sector rose by 2.1%. However, note that the Japanese yen was trading at around the ¥105-110 level in May and June. The Japanese currency is currently around ¥101.25. As history ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... The producer price index had been in deflation since March 2012. Japan machine tool orders A 19.6% year-on-year drop in Japanese machine tool orders in July marked a full year that this indicator had been in contraction. Orders dropped by 19.9% in the ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... to stay still. It jumped the gun, announcing an "enhancement" of monetary easing after its 29 July meeting. While the Japanese central bank kept its policy rate at minus 0.1%, it increased the size of its ETF purchases to ¥6 trillion (from the current ...