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Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
"Money, money, money Always sunny..." - ABBA The US presidential election remains undecided. The US Federal Reserve met and decided to keep the status quo - the complete opposite of the happenings on the other side of the Atlantic where both fiscal ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
A new POTUS or four more years with the old one? America remains on knife-edge as the November 3 US presidential elections show that President Donald Trump and contender Joe Biden still have to secure the 270 electoral votes to claim the Oval Office. ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... from France, Germany, Spain and the UK. That, or they could wait until saner minds prevail at the November 2020 US presidential elections. Else, that V in the Eurozone's recovery could turn into a W.

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... could significantly impact their returns," Green said. "These include the uncertainty generated by this year's US presidential election." "The risk of a no-deal Brexit for the UK, EU and global economies also remains a key headwind. Green said another ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... phase one might not be signed after all. There's also the impeachment proceedings against POTUS, the looming US presidential elections, the still lacklustre/weakening growth in the global economy and geopolitical risks. Further, CNN reports that ...

Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... outside investor in 2004, broke rank with the majority of Silicon Valley by supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 US Presidential election. Thiel was later appointed to then President-elect Trump's transition team.

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... him or loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and more ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... 14.66 after climbing to 15.96 (its highest level this year but below the 22.51 level recorded days before the US presidential elections in November last year.) This is a remarkably surprising response especially given that the governments of China, Russia ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics (TIPP) ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... has lessened fear, as depicted by the sharp fall in the VIX index from a 5-month high of 22.51 heading into the US presidential elections to 12.85 (the lowest since September) at the close of trade last week. The S&P 500 index rebounded in the two weeks ...