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PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... battle to restore growth in the economy and inflation. The Markit flash Japan manufacturing PMI dipped to 50.4 in March versus 51.6 in Feb and expectations for an improvement to 52.1. The lead from new orders is worse - down to 49.5 (contracting) from ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... the long-term. From the end of 1989 to the end of 2014, dividend growers delivered an annualised total return of 10.3% versus 8.5% from the market as a whole. The World Dividend Growers has been available to off-shore investors since 2012 and already ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... up a lower than expected 0.1% last month following January's 0.3% decline; housing market index weakened to 53 in March versus 55 in Feb and expectations of 56 - and voila!, the Fed would need to extend its patience a bit longer. As I type, a number ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Canadian dollar and 15% against the British pound. Over the same timeframe, the US dollar has ticked up by a mere 2.8% versus the Chinese yuan. No need to work out the cross rates to know that, in effect, the yuan has also strengthened against these ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... knowledge of the transactions". The Eurozone financial markets' response was mixed: The euro closed higher (US$1.0852) versus the greenback after initially dropping to US$1.0823 - its lowest level since September 2003 - and the Stoxx 600 gave back 0.3% ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... another strong and better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report. US businesses added another 295K heads to their payroll (versus expectations for a 230K add) last month on top of solid gains of 239K in January and December's 329K increase. The unemployment ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... intra-day trade before recovering slightly to US$1.1026. That's still 0.4% lower than what it the day before and 8.9% down versus the greenback this year to date. The euro has also weakened against the yen - its main QE rival. Super Mario must be singing ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... surprisingly, in spite of widespread expectations that the RBA would say "cut" today, the Australian dollar is 0.6% higher versus the euro than it was at the end of January and 1.9% stronger against the yen. Sure, it's weaker against the US$ and the ...

Altair AM signs equity mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... returns show outperformance against their benchmark. In the year to date, Altair's Advantage Managed Portfolio returned 15.5% versus its benchmark's 13.7%. The Income Managed Portfolio also gained 18.6%, almost 5% higher than the comparative benchmark. ...

Advisers add 3% returns for clients: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... implementation of investment strategies are also essential, Vanguard said. The report also listed tax efficiency and total-return versus income investing as two areas where advisers can add value. "Although this value will not show up on any client statement ...