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Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... because as Keisuke Sadamori, International Energy Agency (IEA) director for energy markets and security, puts it, the oil market outlook remains in the middle of either a second wave or steady first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reimposition of ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Most things appeared to be going hunky-dory for the oil market in the second quarter of this year. OPEC+ production cuts plus the easing of social distancing and the re-opening of many businesses in an increasing number of countries around the world ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... crisis is unlike any we've seen before, and as a result global macro themes including the China/US trade tension and falling oil prices have subsided, as local economic stimulus measures have helped to calm some investor concerns, stabilise returns ...

Australian ETF market shows strength

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... palladium and gold were the best performers, up 90% and 43% respectively, helping to shield investors from market volatility. Oil & energy ETFs were the worst performers, falling 65% for the year. Co-author of the report and Stockspot chief executive ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... returning to the forefront in emerging market debt. The research found volatility related to the COVID-19 outbreak and dramatic oil price decline in Q1 2020 precipitated a large sell-off in risk assets, including significant outflows from EM debt funds. ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... sharp reduction in consumer demand, the Morrison government's free childcare initiative (among others), and plummeting oil prices. Then again, COVID-19 will dictate the depth and duration of Australia's economic and inflation slump as it would ...

Aussie ETF investors got oil bets wrong before crash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Australians last week poured $35 million in the country's only ETF tracking crude oil futures, and were stung hard when WTI May contracts slipped into negative territory in Monday's trading. BetaShares Crude Oil Index ETF (OOO) tracks an index ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Tanking oil prices are the latest go-to excuse for the renewed downturn on Wall Street. But more than this, it's added to the challenges facing America's economy and its corporate sector. The US labour market has already deteriorated markedly ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... and June. Not enough to arrest the slide in oil prices. According to the International Energy Agency's April "Oil Market Report, "Global oil demand is expected to fall by a record 9.3 mb/d year-on-year in 2020. The impact of containment measures in 187 ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... worldometers.info. And it was also the day when slowly increasing anxiety over the virus (at the time) was met by the slide in crude oil prices. Brent crude oil prices slumped by 23.7% to US$34.54 following unexpected news that, instead of agreeing to ...