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Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... The country's benchmark equity market index dropped 12.8% in 2018 at the same time that the peso depreciated by 5.1% versus the greenback over the same period. Normally, a depreciating currency would boost equity prices. The rationale being a cheaper ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... witnesses to immediately after yesterday's RBA's shift to neutral. The Aussie dollar exchange rate is down (1.6% versus the greenback) and longer term interest rates are lower: two-year notes fell by nine basis points to 1.71%; five-years down ...

Vertical integration changes to reshape personal wealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... journeys will advance to the point of primary intent Blockchain Open banking Steady advance towards public cloud Cyber defence versus hacker intelligence Accelerating connected commerce Optimising digital-human interplay Increasing interactive dimensions ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... by Shanghai Shenzen CSI 300 Index) was significantly higher than the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. This was 25% per annum versus 10% per annum respectively over five years to December 2018, De Silva said.

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... earlier prediction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be forced to cut the official interest rate to 1.0% (versus its previous forecasts that it would remain steady at 1.5%) due do the accelerating decline in Australian property prices. It's ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... the picture of what Richard's talking about: US household consumption accounts for nearly 70% of America's GDP (versus exports' about 12% contribution). Sure, the continued strength in the US labour market and the boost to personal income ...

Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... dollar will have to be reflected by strengthening in other major currencies, such as the euro. The euro's 4.5% depreciation versus the greenback last year has allowed the European Central Bank to end its asset purchase programme at the end of 2018. The ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... market remains solid, punctuated by the surprisingly stronger-than-expected 312K jump in non-farm payrolls in December (versus consensus predictions for a 180K gain). While the unemployment rate has ticked up to 3.9% from the 49-year low of 3.7% recorded ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... growth remains strong - evidenced by the sharply stronger-than-expected jump in non-farm payrolls (up 312,000 in December versus consensus predictions for a 180,000 gain). While this appears to be an aberration, the fact remains the US labour market ...

Lifecycle super can be better: Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... tracking to achieve this goal. "Under this approach, the level of investment risk would depend on where members' balances are versus their targeted objective. If, for example, returns have been poor, and a member's expected balance is below their target ...