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Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... upped their capital spending plans in the face of multiplying challenges - trade war, Fed hikes, global slowdown led by China and melting emerging markets, Brexit, wobbly share markets and on the domestic front, record high household debt levels, stagnant ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... guessing... including the Fed. Still, Powell's latest recantation indicates that the Fed put is back on. A deterioration in US-China trade talks or increased tariffs on both sides should drive a greater dovish slant from the Fed.

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... President Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" in real-time, live and in action? Ever since Trump declared a trade war with China in late March this year, there have been actual implementations, threats, some concessions and now it's good cop ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... and our clients' needs, particularly in Asia Pacific. She helped develop the firm's long-term growth strategy for China, and has been a key voice in our strategy for retirement, wealth, alternatives and sustainable investing. Geraldine has the ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... now. Yesterday's up move and today's fall could both be explained. In the current context, market up because US-China trade war shows signs of easing, Brexit negotiations smooth, Fed to ease up on hikes, employment up, spending up, company earnings ...

Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... so easy to commentate on the day-to-day action on Wall Street these days. Wall Street down... it's because of the US-China trade war, Brexit, Italy, overvaluation, peak earnings, Fed policy mistake. Wash, rinse, repeat at the next down day. Wall ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... resolved one way of another (up or down) - depends primarily on the end game of the on-going trade stoush between the US and China and, of course, how high the Fed is taking interest rates. There's no question that Trump's protectionist trade ...

Chief economist update: Slowing in sync

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... general slowing in Eurozone economic activity, there's Brexit, and of course, there's Trump's trade war against China. A picture paints a thousand words, so here's what the Fed's policy normalisation has done to emerging markets. ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... investors in the fixed income ETF space, it's a time of reckoning in the age of passive investing. What's New: Eyes on China Commencing 1 April 2019, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, will for the first time, include Chinese bonds. ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... from QE to QT. Worries about a hard Brexit have flared back up again. Rome and Brussels still at odds over Italian budget. China policy fine-tuning measures still seen as insufficient. Political atmosphere post US midterm elections remains divisive. ...