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Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America responded to Turkey's prolonged (nearly two years) detention of a US pastor by imposing an asset freeze on two senior ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... it's just the plain and simple truism that a trade war is a lose-lose proposition. In his quest to "make America great again" and under the guise of "national security", US President Donald Trump kicked off with a 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminium ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... the rising global tide that lifted all boats last year with his trade protectionist policy aimed at "making America great again!" The latest J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey - the sector most susceptible to the war on trade - showed that while ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... tariff poker goes on. Whether it's Trump's "art of the deal" tactic or a true blue (fallacious) plan to make "America Great Again," only Trump knows - problem is, China's Supremo isn't blinking. To be sure, the prospect of an escalating trade war between ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... recording a 3.1% increase in 2017). It goes without saying that the Japanese currency's appreciation alone would give America a competitive advantage in its bilateral trade with Tokyo as "Made in Japan" products become more expensive to Americans. However ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... "Growth slowed in the euro area, China, Japan, India and Australia, but improved in the US, the UK, Brazil and Russia". Yes, America still remains on top. Growth continues to improve in the US manufacturing sector. Trump still has a strong bargaining ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... the roof. Theoretically, ex-US investors needn't be losing sleep over "signs" - repeat "signs" - of rising inflation in America and, with it rising bond prices, and a more aggressive Fed. Of course, it's purely theoretical for we all know that what happens ...

Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... Markets (23.7%) and Asia-Pacific (20.3%) significantly exceed those of Europe (17.7%) and nearly double those in North America (10.2%). When asked about their future intentions for asset allocations, most of the participating family offices are planning ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... consumer spending. But this could be due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) problem with seasonal adjustments. Bank of America Merrill Lynch noted the August employment has increased by an average of 159,000 since 2013 - 38,000 below the overall ...

Republican Party-themed ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... list under ticker code 'MAGA', which incidentally is an acronym for President Donald Trump's slogan 'make America great again' used during his 2016 presidential campaign. (The Republican Party is commonly referred to as the GOP, which stands for 'Grand ...