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Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... wanted to do." Investors have recognized the versatility of the ETF market during periods of volatility, he argued. "We saw a sharp spike in activity, as more investors realised that they could use the ETF market in a much more varied way than they may ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Has the world reached peak isolation? The growing clamour to ease/end social restrictions and lockdowns indicates that "inmates" are growing restless. Humans, after all, are social animals. There's only so much online interaction - Facebook, Whatsapp ...

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... traded product (ETP) market during the quarter to March's COVID-19 induced volatility. March 2020 was characterised by sharp falls and rises in equities as investors grappled with uncertainty about what COVID-19 would mean for the economy. The ASX ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... forecast at +0.6% in FY2019 (from +0.6% to +0.7% in January), it now sees inflation at around -0.7% to -0.3% in FY2020 (a sharp turnaround from the +1.0% to +1.1% rate projected only three months earlier). Bad as it may seem, these downgrades could still ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... picked up, quite markedly in some cases, and investment intentions appear to have recovered." This was underscored by the sharp turnaround in the IHS/CIPS UK Composite PMI index to 53.3 in January - a 16-month high - after four months of below 50 readings ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... final version. At first glance, the spike in domestic retail spending appears to be counter-intuitive and abnormal given the sharp fall in consumer confidence to a nine-year low in March. Then again these are abnormal times. Pessimism over disruptions ...

CBA Group Super posts -7.7% returns for March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... diversified investment options to achieve our long-term investment objectives while limiting our members' exposure to sharp downfalls and volatility in the sharemarket. "This resilience to volatility is demonstrated when comparing the performance ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... quarter, not surprisingly due to a near two-month long freezing of all non-essential business activity. To be sure, the sharp contraction in the economy had already been forewarned by the earlier reported dive in activity indicators: Fixed asset investment ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... place it is likely that conditions will fall further as more businesses are impacted". This is compounded by the equally sharp drop in consumer confidence and its implication for consumer spending, and by extension, business conditions and confidence. ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... doesn't seem to be indicative of the end of a bear market. "Since the markets globally bottomed on March 23, there has been a sharp rally, and some companies are not far from all-time highs reached in what was a bullish market environment only two ...