Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 21 - 30 of 1270 results for "US Dollar"

ETF industry growth streak continues, shatters net inflow records

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... (US$391.2 million) and the Japan Physical Gold ETF (US$355 million). Notably, gold prices rose 6% during the month as the US dollar plunged and uncertainty escalated, according to the World Gold Council. The next highest net new asset gains came from ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... relocation of production, it's just not going to happen," she reinforced. Part of the reason for this is that the US dollar is currently overvalued, Ellis explained, saying it's about 15% overvalued when using the normal metrics. "The US is currently ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Australian investors enjoyed higher returns from overseas assets last year, as the Aussie dollar weakened against the US dollar. Australian equities, unaffected by currency fluctuations, pocketed an 11% return, catapulted forward by strong performance ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... dispersions, particularly in emerging markets that may be well-positioned for shifts to global supply chains and a weakening US dollar, the caveat being that demand comes from outside the US - but the tariff contagion could hamper that," Neiron said. ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... used to scenario planning. We're more nimble than we were pre-pandemic, higher for longer interest rates, higher US dollar, and potentially a steeper bond yield curve domestically," she said. In Australia, Masters foresees the cash rate decreasing ...

Depreciating Aussie dollar could prove opportunistic

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... some of the sectors that stand to benefit. Over the last quarter the Australian dollar is down 9%, around $0.06, to the US dollar, which Griffin said is not reflected in consensus numbers for most stocks. "Sell-side estimates always become a bit stale ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... Hardy said. "Details on tariffs were not forthcoming in Trump's address and most of today's market action, in which the US dollar sold off and risk appetite rebounded elsewhere in the world keyed off a Wall Street Journal exclusive from earlier in the ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... "A broadening out of economic growth across other major advanced economies would help to put downward pressure on the US dollar, which is positive for emerging markets because emerging market debt is priced in US dollars," Mousina said. Lastly, a resolution ...

Resources for the win in 2025: Datt Capital

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
Australia's resource sector is well-placed to deliver for investors next year, with Datt Capital flagging a mix of underlying signals that will drive its performance. In 2025, oil, gold and metals, lithium and copper, as well as industrial metals are ...

Trump 2.0 set to boost small and mid-caps: Canopy Investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... inflation picks up again," he added. "Markets have already priced in some of these policy expectations, as evidenced by US dollar strength against major currencies." Further, given Trump's stance on trading with China, Webster said associated businesses ...