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Forward thinking must underpin advice: Vanguard

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... global economy and in our research over the last decade - we have found that there are three forces which matter, in fact trump all others; changes in global demographics, the rate of globalisation, and the pace of technological change," Davis said. ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... affect economies and financial markets everywhere. Wednesday (or Tuesday night US time), is the day when US President Donald Trump speaks before the joint-session of Congress, where he, hopefully, will deliver the details of his reflationary policies. ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... stats as "old news", especially given the more recent improvement in domestic business confidence and conditions and the Trump-triggered reflation and growth optimism in the global economy. But the ABS's estimates of "expected expenditure" are hardly ...

Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... and the improvement in the global economy have been the major factors behind the growth in external demand. Thankfully, Trump-Abe meeting of 10 February ended well (read, the yen could continue to weaken... well, maybe). As their joint statement noted ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Guess it isn't over till it's over folks! Trump and what he'll do next continue to dominate the headlines and Twitter-verse. So much so that only few gave a hoo-ha to central bank monetary policy announcements - the BOJ, the Fed, and the BOE met in ...

Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... bones but words will never hurt me". But not for Mexico, it appears, especially when the words come from POTUS. US President Trump's rhetoric about "building a wall along the US-Mexican border"...and making Mexico pay for that wall is hurting the country ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
"We will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning." (Donald Trump) POTUS appears to be fulfilling another of his campaign promises if the latest stats on the country's international trade are anything to go by. The US ...

Assets mispriced by monetary policy: Nikko

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... to fiscal policy to stimulate growth. At the moment, though, given global uncertainty about the ramifications of Donald Trump's and Brexit, Clark suggested a "humble" investment approach. "In an environment where we are just as likely to get it right ...

Little pay, little spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... previous month. Needless to say, the BOJ would keep relying on yen weakness to support growth. But this is starting to run into Trump trouble.

India looking good in Trump's world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... India's immediate future is brighter than other emerging markets due to its relative insulation from the trade policies of the Trump administration. Where the economies of China and other Asian nations are driven by exports, India's is primarily fuelled ...