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The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... Don't blame you for feeling a sense of dA(C)jA vu because this was more or less where we were this time last year. Less Donald Trump, that is. Trump remains the big uncertainty. It would certainly dent optimism if Trump fails to fulfil his promise to ...

Coin flipping better than macro forecasts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... flipping a coin, according to Prime Value Asset Management portfolio manager ST Wong. Pointing to the Brexit surprise and Donald Trump's election, Wong said: "You may have more luck predicting the weather." Relying on these forecasts can often have detrimental ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... President-elect Trump has brought it back to the fore...and with a vengeance. Wall Street continues to scale record highs since Donald's presidential election victory - the US dollar index has risen by 3.7% since the win and yields on 10-year US bonds ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... and also protects against fraudulent activity, he added. To illustrate, he pointed to two different recent developments: Donald Trump's election and the rise of Tinder sex bots. On the former, he noted that nearly every poll predicting the 2016 election ...

Australian-first fund exceeds target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... typically rise when markets fall. "You could see this first-hand last Tuesday, when the market fell 5% intra-day, following Donald Trump's US election win, our investors made money." The fund manager is looking to raise up to $110 million from retail ...

Contango LIC chair departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... investment company's board said. The new Contango Income Generator board will comprise MacDonald as chair, Mark Kerr and Donald Clarke as non-executive independent directors and Contango Asset Management managing director George Boubouras as non-executive ...

A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
I guess it's safe to say that Trump has got all - or nearly most of us - stumped, including Trump. "Donald Trump never actually wanted to be President of the United States", according to documentary filmmaker and author Michael Moore. In hindsight ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... world leaders didn't wish for Trump. So far away from Good Friday, they would have crucified US presidential "candidate" Donald Trump (if that was legal). In mid-January, the British Parliament even held a debate on whether or not to ban Trump from setting ...

Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Beyond the initial market sell-off, investors might have a bigger worry ahead if US President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his global trade platform. The Republican presidential nominee is heading for the White House after securing the most votes ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Donald Trump - the "misogynist", the "sexual predator", the "racist", the "lying cheat", the "clown", the "narcissist", "the most hated man in America" is now President-elect of America. No one, or so it seems, like him. Not the media - mainstream and ...