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Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... quite a few crises in his time. "In my 23 years at Fidelity we've had eight different crises; the Asian crisis, the Russian crisis, tech boom and bust, subprime mortgage crisis, sovereign debt crisis, SARS, and I think all are similar and there is ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... shocks from the Asian currency crisis - followed by the collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian debt default in the late 1990s when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... 'lucky country' from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists' attacks on the US in 2001 and the global financial crisis ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... Country' from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists attacks on the US in 2001 and the global financial crisis in 2008. ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... Special Counsel did not find that the Trump Campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with the Russian Government in these efforts, despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump Campaign." The ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... yield differential flattened in late 1998. The Fed and the world dismissed that as reaction to the Asian financial crisis/Russian debt default/LTCM collapse at the time. The US economy was still doing swell, thank you very much. US GDP grew by 4.9% in ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... late to escape the 1990 recession. The US yield curve inverted again in 1998 (the time of the Asian financial crisis, the Russian debt default and the LTCM collapse) but the Fed's quick response averted a US recession. Perhaps, glowing in its success ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... potential consequences of unregulated content on social media platforms for the last two years, since the allegations of Russian interference in US domestic politics arose and the Cambridge Analytica scandal." "There's an underlying issue here that's ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Australia from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists attacks on the US in 2001 and the global financial crisis in 2008. ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... It's the same for government debt - down to 12.6% of GDP in 2017 from 12.9% in 2016 and 15.9% in 2015. As a result, the Russian ruble has appreciated by 48.2% from the all-time low of R84.24/US$ recorded in January 2016 and the Micex composite index ...