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Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... the equity markets' rally this year to date comes as no surprise. The S&P 500 index is up 12.6% this year to date; the Stoxx-50 index is up 12.8%; the All Ords is up 9.7%; the FTSE-100 is up 7.4%; the Nikkei-225 is up 7.2% and China's Shanghai ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... 100 harder than its counterparts, dropping by 1.2%. This compares with losses of: 0.9% for the S&P 500; 1.1% for the Euro Stoxx 50 and 0.6% for the Nikkei 225. This could be because the jump in US bond yields would hasten the BOE's rate hikes. Not ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... equity markets. Note however, that this is because of US equities' outsized weighting in the MSCI index (around 54%). The Stoxx-50 index (-3.7%), the FTSE-100 (-1.7%) and the Nikkei-225 (-2.2%) are all down this year to date. The sharp depreciation ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... Spain - suggests that the ECB might need more "patience, persistence and prudence." After gaining by as much as The Euro Stoxx-50 index's 4.8% in the first month of 2018, the benchmark index's performance to date is down to a mere 0.3% as the ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Ordinaries index has fallen by 4.8% between the start of 2018 and the end of the first quarter. This compares with the Euro Stoxx-50 index's 4.1% decline over the same period and South Korea's 1.3% fall. Sure, Argentina's Merval index dropped by more ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... the Nikkei-225 index is down 9.4%; the Shanghai composite index has lost 4.7%; the FTSE-100 index has dropped 10% and the Stoxx-50 is 5.9% cheaper. This made sense because as I typed in this space many, many times before, "war is good for absolutely ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... after appreciating by 13.9% last year. The breakdown in the negative correlation between the euro exchange rate and the Euro Stoxx-50 index since the middle of last year underscores investors' optimism for the Eurozone economy. The Euro Stoxx-50 index ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Nikkei-225 to its best in more than a quarter of a century (+4.2%). While the Eurozone's major equity market benchmark - the Stoxx 50 index - only managed to climb to a three-week high it's 3.0% return over the first week of 2018 is up there with the ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... markets' performance of late. Despite the euro's 12.4% appreciation versus the US dollar this year to date to US$1.18, the Stoxx-50 index has continued its strong run - up 8.8% since the start of the year after gaining only 0.7% in 2016. What's more ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... corresponding gradual absorption of economic slack" would prompt inflation to "rise gradually over the medium term". The Euro Stoxx-50 index's 4.3% gain so far this year despite the euro currency's appreciation - they used to have a strong negative correlation ...