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Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... 14.8%. "Banks did very well, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac both raising their distribution, even in US dollar terms. The regulator is tightening its grip on bank balance sheets, however, which may limit dividend growth for a time. That ...

MetLife reports 2015 earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... a 16% decrease in operating earnings to US$5.5 billion ($7.7 billion). MetLife's report attributed this to "a strong US dollar, lower variable investment income and a previously announced third-quarter 2015 non-cash charge of US$792 million related to ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... US labour market strength pooh-poohs recent concerns (including mine) that the weak global economy coupled with the US dollar strength is coming back/has come back to bite the US economy's behind. Looked at in isolation, continued US labour market strength ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... inflation/deflation risk, geo-political instability, Brexit, you name it we have it. Any or all leads to safe-haven US dollar buying - that was "extrapolated" to keep on rising on expectations that the Fed would continue to raise interest rates this ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Wall Street is up - S&P 500 index closed 0.5% higher after dropping by as much as 1.5% overnight - as the US dollar plunged - Bloomberg US dollar index down 1.6% -- and oil prices soared by around 7% (despite the Department of Energy's report that crude ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... the latest contraction in factory activity, exports and industrial production, among others - compounded by a strong US dollar. But unlike the US dollar, the A$ is weak/weakening... and that's Australia's strength.

Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... continuing contraction in the US energy sector, slow/slowing markets for "Made in America" products, made more expensive by US dollar strength. There was certainly going to be a fall-out in new orders for durable goods... but not this big. Total orders ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... down 25% to US$27.77 per barrel. The present financial market turmoil has already prompted safe-haven buying of the US dollar - the dollar index is up 0.5% to 99.1 this year to date. Continued gains would put further pressure US economic growth/inflation ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... the economy - unemployment rate, inflation, average hourly earnings, consumer confidence - and the financial markets - US dollar, S&P 500 index, MSCI world index - and concluded that, "In truth, little is known about exactly how monetary policy works ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... United States. The Tokyo-based company's investment committee maintained an underweight stance on global bonds against US dollar cash for US dollar-based clients due to a forecasted moderate rise in global bond yields. IT also expects the US dollar to ...