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Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... for 120% of S&P 500 returns this year and have no doubt "been valuable contributors." However, even though the US equity market is at or close to all-time highs, there are more than 150 securities in the S&P 500 whose share prices are down more than ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Given the US equity market's reaction to the latest US Federal Reserve missive, one would think that Wall Street is against strong(er) growth. All major benchmark indices - DJIA, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 - closed lower after the Fed announced ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Extreme market conditions are forcing most advisers to reassess client portfolios and consider alternative investment options, latest survey data reveals. About two-thirds (63%) of 200 financial advisers canvassed in Russell Investments' Australian ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
"Three steps and a stumble" is an old market adage that foretells of a drop in the US equity market after the Fed's third interest rate hike. This is turning out to be a doozy so far - the Fed already completed rate hike number three on 15 March 2016 ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Sure there were a few down days but overall, the US equity market - like the energizer bunny - keeps on going and going... up. Wall Street's major equity market indices closed at record highs - the Dow at 21,115.55 points; the S&P 500 at 2395.96 points ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... Mnuchin has hinted that POTUS will talk about his tax-reform plan - corporate and personal income tax reform. The US equity market had been riding high on the back of expectations of lower taxes (and increased fiscal spending) and are still giving Trump ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... in the world. The US economy account for 25% of the world economy (US$18.6 trillion of US$75.2 trillion); the US equity market 38% (US$26 trillion of US$69 trillion) and the US bond market, 39% (US$34 trillion of US$87 trillion). In comparison, the Australian ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
It isn't called the "mother of all stats" for nothing. The US non-farm payrolls report is the most-watched, eagerly-awaited, much-speculated and heavily-dissected statistic not only in America but around the globe. But its outing last Friday produced ...

BetaShares launches two new funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... inflows in the six months to June," said BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur. "As investor interest in the US equity market in particular continues to grow, and with increased US share market volatility, we believe it's important that investors ...