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Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
It's a crying shame the alleged "collusion" between Trump's campaign and Russia came out when it did - about the same time as POTUS appears to be within grasps of tucking his first legislative win under his belt. Oh yes, this refers to the long-promised ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... this path come February next year when Yellen's stint end. Here, there's good news. At his confirmation hearing, president Trump's nominee, Jerome Powell, basically indicated that he would continue policy along the lines of his predecessor if confirmed. ...

Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... who became Facebook's first outside investor in 2004, broke rank with the majority of Silicon Valley by supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 US Presidential election. Thiel was later appointed to then President-elect Trump's transition team.

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... tax-cut proposals entails time for compromises to be made and eventually resolved before a bill is passed and signed into law. Trump's tax cut plan may have been delayed but, it won't be denied. Self-interest and self-preservation dictate that neither ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Timely or well-timed but the release of China's trade balance just as US President Trump lands in the Middle Kingdom should help partly assuage Donald's displeasure with the US-China trade imbalance. China's trade surplus contracted sharply to US$38.2 ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... central bank chiefs and their henchmen months, weeks and days before. So too was the well-telegraphed US President Donald Trump's nomination of Jerome Powell. If (when?) approved by the US Senate Powell will replace sitting Fed Chair Janet Yellen on ...

Diversification trumping growth: Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
Latest Schroders broker research suggests diversification is overtaking growth as the primary driver of asset allocation strategy. About 50 brokers were surveyed and suggested that establishing a "well-diversified portfolio that will rise in most, but ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... holds its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on 31 October - 1 November. Although there are other fishes to fry - Trump tax cuts, Trump nomination of new Fed head, low volatility in the financial markets (read, complacency), perhaps even "irrational ...

US recommends asset manager stress tests be removed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... investment managers. The stress testing call came as part of several recommendations in US Treasury's third report on the Trump administration's Core Principals for Financial Regulation. US Treasury's belief is that a strong liquidity risk management ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Politburo says jump and economic agents ask how high, ensuring that if managed properly, the answer would be, higher than Donald Trump's country.