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Wall Street tumbles, ASX holds ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... taking a battering since the coronavirus outbreak left the shores of China, with the S&P 500 falling another 12% overnight. A sharp cut in interest rates, stricter quarantine enforcements around the globe and a change of tone from US President Donald ...

Active managers: Opportunities abound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... to want to get out of the house and do something fun." Sharps put it best, saying: "If you have a longer-term orientation, don't let the psychology of fear take hold, ground your decision making in analysis and in research, that you can take advantage ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that the economy added 13,500 jobs in January - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 - with the creation of 46,200 full-time positions more than offsetting the termination of ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... the overall impact will be, but that the RBA is using the SARS outbreak in 2003 as a guide. "On that occasion, there was a sharp slowing in output growth in China for a few months, before a sharp bounce-back as the outbreak was controlled and economic ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
With the death toll surpassing 132 and a further 6000 people suspected of being infected, the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus has left markets tumbling as fears of an epidemic are stoked by news of the virus spreading around the world. It's caused ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... already up 3% for the year. "This builds on a strong 15 month period for gold dating back to the start of Q4 2018, when a sharp sell-off in equities reignited investment demand for gold," Eliseo said. Gold has rallied 35% in Australian dollar terms over ...

Financial Standard Holiday Cooking Guide 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... Remove from the heat, add the port and stir to combine. Strain the glaze into a heatproof jug, discarding the solids. Use a sharp knife to score the skin around the sides and hock of the ham, before using your fingers to gently remove the rind. Trim ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... However, developed equity markets - as measured by the MSCI Equity index - have advanced by 24.0% this year to date. This is a sharp turnaround from last year's loss of 9.1% and five months before the US yield curve - the differential between the ...

Platform hints at aggressive expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... Xplore's quarterly results for September reported group funds under administration were up 4.2% to $14.987 billion. Don Sharp, who was acting chief executive prior to Wright taking the reins, will continue to provide "specific project based" consultancy ...