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Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021

... got to address that. That's the biggest risk." Financial markets appear to agree... with both of them. The US equity market continues to rally buoyed the flood of money, money, money and expectations of more money, money, money. The bond market's ...

Chief economist update: Dow 30 thousand

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020

... bearing witness to the "Sage of Omaha's" widely-known investing principle for who would have dreamed that the US equity market would rally to new heights amid the nightmare of the coronavirus pandemic that, in turn sent the US economy collapsing ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020

It may have gone up and down and round and round but the US equity market has trended higher and higher and is outperforming its peers. Despite topping the list of total cases of coronavirus infections (8.6 million), new cases (0.6 million) and deaths ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." -- 'A Tale of Two Cities' ...

Chief economist update: Don't fight the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020

... serving maximum employment and stable prices," Powell said. This statement underwrites continued gains in the US equity market as it maintains TINA (there is no alternative) and warns against that old adage, "don't fight the Fed".

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020

"Happiness equals reality minus expectations". Tom Magliozzi's famous five words appear to have made their way to Wall Street. For how else is one to explain the rally on 'the wall' - S&P 500 up 1.7%; DJIA up 1.9%; Nasdaq up 1.6%; Russell ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020

... good. The Fed's balance sheet expansion appears to have put a floor under the S&P 500 index. The benchmark US equity market index has risen by more than 22% from the three-year low it plumbed on the 23rd of March this year.

Wall Street tumbles, ASX holds ground

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020

Wall Street has been taking a battering since the coronavirus outbreak left the shores of China, with the S&P 500 falling another 12% overnight. A sharp cut in interest rates, stricter quarantine enforcements around the globe and a change of tone from ...

Virus fallout worse than GFC: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020

... "This drop was not seen in recent epidemics or after the 9/11 attacks," she said. "Since the start of the recent US equity market selloff on February 20, 2020, airline stock prices have been hit disproportionately, in line with the post-9/11 terrorist ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020

... Street is not only weeding out the semi-believers but it's also reduced the level of overvaluation in the US equity market. Factset data shows that the S&P 500's forward P/E ratio has fallen to 17.6 times earnings from a record high of 19.1 times ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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