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Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... governments must band together to win against the coronavirus contagion if they are to preserve the unity of the single-currency grouping. After all, the virus doesn't distinguish whether or not a member country has breached the Maastricht criteria ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... over the past three decades (or just about) chiefly thanks to the floating Australian dollar - doing what a floating currency do best... restoring economic equilibrium. The Australian dollar's depreciation during times of turmoil has kept the domestic ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... European Central Bank (ECB) president Marion Draghi when he did "whatever it took" to save the splintering of the single currency region from splintering due to the "Grexit" contagion. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison may have been just politicking ...

Frontier warns super fund clients of recession

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... clients to take a more defensive stance with their asset allocation [like] a bit less equities, more cash and more foreign currency exposure," he said.

Coronavirus puts rocket under shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... ETFs, the BetaShares Australian Equities Bear Hedge Fund (ASX: BEAR), the BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund - Currency Hedged (ASX: BBUS), and the BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund (ASX: BBOZ). Investors have poured about ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... "Australian investors have seen the domestic bourse among the hardest hit in Australian dollar terms, as the decline in our currency hasn't cushioned any of the blow," Morningstar said. "As would be expected, small caps have underperformed large ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... the first time since 2003". But this time is different. The equilibrium-setting mechanism offered by a free-floating currency is worth zilch when trading partners even ban handshakes. Australia couldn't even give its products for free. Free education ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... the levels of our competitor nations," he tweeted. "They now have as much as a two point advantage, with even bigger currency help. Also, stimulate! "The Federal Reserve must be a leader, not a very late follower, which it has been!" Trump nominated ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... are highly concentrated." Magellan has the lion's share of assets with its Global Equities ETF, Global Equities (Currency Hedged) and Infrastructure (Currency Hedged) products, with $2.4 billion out of a total $5.3 billion across the active ETF landscape. ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
With a covid here, and a covid there, everywhere a covid, even old MacDonald (who had a farm) will get sick reading, hearing and listening to stories and warnings over escalating infection numbers... E-I-E-I-O. COVID-19 has captured the world's ...