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Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... 780 cases of infection when COVID-19 on the day the BOJ increased monetary largesse. This compares with 142,823 cases in China, 21,157 in Italy, 12,729 in Iran; 8162 in South Korea and even lower than the 1678 reported cases in the US... at the time. ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... "We need to remember the US is the largest economy in the world, and its largest customer is the second largest economy, China, which is intimately linked to Australia. "So anything that impacts the US significantly will impact the Chinese economy, which ...

Not at the bottom, yet: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... away from the high of 7.7 reached three weeks ago. Investment Trends chief executive Michael Blomfield said the slowdown in China had previously consumer investors' thoughts, but that now their attention has turned to concerns about Australia's level ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
G'day inmates! Yes, Virginia, we're practically all inmates now thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that has forced almost every other government to place their citizens under house arrest. Some flaunt these government restriction, others demand ...

Lonsec recommends PCFM fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Lonsec has upgraded its rating of a flagship Premium China Funds Management offering, recognising the firm's heritage in Chinese equities. The firm's Premium Asia Fund has been handed a recommended rating by the research house, who said it took a "positive ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
VanEck Australia is changing the index of China A-shares ETF and, as a result, will stop investing via its NYSE-listed counterpart. The VanEck Vectors China CSI 300 ETF (CETF) currently tracks CSI 300 index which covers the 300 largest and most liquid ...

First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
As if reports that China hasn't recorded any domestically-transmitted cases of the coronavirus for several days running aren't good news enough, the latest purchasing managers' survey from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) provides an early indication ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... risk of a depression has eased, it's unlikely that we will have a quick economic recovery, she said. "If we look to China which was the first country to enforce lockdowns, while the situation has improved from earlier this year, only 80-90% activity ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... from, as necessary spending on defense and espionage became unnecessary and instead put to more productive enterprise. Even China - under Deng Xiao Ping - has embraced pseudo-capitalism and its economy boomed, in effect, marking the triumph of capitalism ...

Sargon trustee businesses sale expected soon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... other entities were forced into administration after they defaulted on interest payments of a loan made to the companies by China's Taiping Trustees. So far, OneVue has been able to recoup $4.36 million from selling Sargon's stake in ASX-listed Sequoia ...