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Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Both Credit Suisse and Standard Life Investments have updated their global outlooks for 2015, highlighting a growing preference for Japanese and European equities. These markets have benefited from recovery after weak growth in 2014; profits growth ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... with risk tilted to the downside, eloquently summarised by its chief economist, Kaushik Basu, thus: "Risks to the global outlook remain tilted downwards. Weak global trade growth is anticipated to persist during the forecast period, potentially for longer ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... fuel financial excess. Markets may have underpriced risks by not fully internalizing the uncertainties around the global outlook. A larger-than-expected increase in U.S. long-term interest rates, geopolitical events, or major growth disappointments could ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... defensive around until the big boys kiss and make up with finality. This is because the uncertainty it creates over the global outlook grows the longer it goes. And it's already impacting on that other big boy - Germany. Data released last night showed ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... data from the United States and a rally on Wall Street have boosted Asian markets, while growing confidence in the global outlook kept the safe-haven yen under pressure. The latest statistics from Washington follow data out of Asia earlier on Thursday ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... quantitative easing from the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ, along with the IMF, the ADB and the WB's downgrade to the global outlook, has increased the odds that the RBA would deliver another rate reduction on Melbourne Cup day. It cannot afford to sit and ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... already sluggish global recovery shows signs of further weakness..." and again reduced this year and the next's global outlook. Since then through to yesterday's fresh off the rack WEO, the S&P 500 has risen by 6.5% (and this includes last night's 1.0% ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... global growth forecasts down to 3.9% not even a month ago (from April's 4.1%) because "downside risks to this weaker global outlook continue to loom large?" Or Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini's tweet days before the IMF's growth downgrade? He twittered, "...2013 ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... slashed next year's global growth forecast down to 3.9% (from April's 4.1%) because "downside risks to this weaker global outlook continue to loom large." As it turned out, that was the last day the S&P 500 index stopped falling. And needf we mention ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... growth forecast unchanged at 3.5%, it trimmed next year's down to 3.9%, because "downside risks to this weaker global outlook continue to loom large." Looking at the numbers, the IMF would be looking ever so sweet if only it stick with its January predictions. ...