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Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has posted second day of gains, rising 2.4% after witnessing its best one-day percentage gain since the Great Depression on Tuesday. "Turnaround Tuesday" saw the bourse surging 11.4% or 2112.98 points during trading ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... Chinese growth and defensive stocks have remained reasonably priced, investors tending in recent years to worry about industrial slowdown, financial reform and the trade war, and even giants like Tencent do not fully reflect their potential in their ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... are implementing now. While it didn't prevent Chinese economic activity indicators from contracting (big time): Industrial production dropped by 13.5% (year-on-year) in the January-February period following a 6.9% expansion in December; fixed asset ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... hand. The latest economic stats from China - ground zero - provide an indication of where other economies are headed. Industrial production dropped by 13.5% (year-on-year) in the January-February period following a 6.9% expansion in December. Fixed asset ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... decline that would see the S&P 500 shed more than 2000 points. At the end of trade, the S&P 500 fell 7.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.79%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 7.29%. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham said the trading halt overnight ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... FTSE 100 dropped 1.6%, and Germany's Dax suffered a 1.7% blow. US benchmarks fell sharply too, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling for the fifth day straight, down 1.6% or 453.93 points on Monday. The S&P 500 also fell 1.6% in its worst ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... blockchain, IoT and big data are the building blocks of our future economy and these are the pillars that underpin the Fourth Industrial Revolution," Mabbott said. "For the financial services sector they will enable changes such as real time transactions ...

Aussie share funds boast stellar 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
Managed funds focusing on the Aussie share market have boasted a stellar 2019, with more than 10 funds returning more than 30% for the year before fees. The new research comes out of global consulting firm Mercer, who released its latest Australian ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... growth target and matched consensus expectations. Monthly activity data were also heartening. Year on year growth in industrial production quickened to 6.9% in December from 6.2% in the previous month. This is also better than consensus expectations ...

Family office manager hires Discovery director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
A Sydney firm that manages money for family offices and high-net-worths has hired a portfolio manager from Discovery Asset Management which shut shop last year. Peter Moller has joined Harper Bernays, which describes itself as one of Australia's "oldest ...