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Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... (zero interest rate policy), NIRP (negative interest rate policy) and QE (quantitative easing) worked, sending most equity markets worldwide into record highs. Coronaphobia - the fear of being infected by the virus as distinct from the disease itself ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... reeling from the virtual freezing of economic activity in their respective economies and sharp declines in their equity markets, Japan is fast becoming a special (basket) case. Japan's economy contracted at an annualised rate of 7.1% in the December ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... December 31 portfolio update - its most recent - more than 29% of the fund's assets are allocated to overseas equity markets, with just 6.8% invested in Australian equities. "So at the current time the Future Fund's highly diversified, and we ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... order to be effective, Le Maire said on France 2 television. "There will be concerted action." The power of the equity markets at its best! Sure, individual country central banks and fiscal authorities have been acting/giving assurances of supporting ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... gauge - jumped to a reading of 40.1 at the close of last Friday's trading - the highest since 2011. Most global equity markets are now in correction, and rightfully so. The disruption that has been caused by the fear of contracting the virus has ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Rhapsody Yes Virginia, you'll be exclaiming "mama mia, mama mia" too when you see the red inks splattered by equity markets everywhere. And yes, it's because of COVID-19 has now reportedly spread to 52 countries, disrupting travel, production ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... have started in China and is infecting its way around the planet but the coronavirus hadn't had much impact on equity markets until it hit investor sentiment on Wall Street. Five straight down days have taken returns on the S&P 500 index to negative ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
Equity markets appeared to be immune several weeks after COVID-19 first made global headlines - it was known as "novel coronavirus" then - with the S&P 500 index and the S&P/ASX 200 index, among others, even hitting record highs. Even heavily-hit China's ...

Not the time for long-term decisions: Baur

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... that outperformance is over," he said. Baur also advised delegates to stay balanced between US and international equity markets, noting the US' outperformance is "probably about finished". "For bond investors, we'd stick to two to four year high ...

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... weighed on the investment company's performance, leading to exposure changes within Argo's biggest holdings. "Despite equity markets rising in general, the first half saw further weakness in banking stocks as escalating remediation costs, new AUSTRAC ...