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Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... BetaShares have announced new ETFs, as product launches in the segment heat up. A new smart beta ETF from VanEck will invest in China A-shares, after the manager gained a licence to invest in the asset class independent of the China Stock Connect. The ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... 41% lower than 2017/18." High grains prices (made even higher by the Sino-US trade spat) are already impacting demand from China - Australia's biggest export market. Reuters' reports that China's imports of sorghum dropped by 76.9% in the ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The Shanghai composite index surged by 4.1% at the end of yesterday's trading activity in China. This is the biggest single day gained since 2 March 2016 (4.3%) and followed the 2.5% jump in the index last Friday. This is to be expected given that ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... China's powers-that-be are coming out of with words of comfort. Here's Bloomberg's list: "People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said in a statement on the central bank's website that it is studying measures to ease companies' ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Financial markets remain in a state of flux as investors' chills appear to be multiplying on growing concerns over: Wall Street's heightened volatility, Fed rate rises and the risk of a policy mistake, Trump's protectionist policy, China's ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but Trump's continued criticisms wouldn't hurt me! US President Donald Trump has blamed the Fed for sparking the recent sell-off on Wall Street as well as threatening to undo the "good" for the economy that ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... February. Indications from the latest Caixin PMI survey suggest that more weakness is in store in the coming months. The Caixin China composite PMI hardly changed, inching up to just 52.1 in September from 52.0 in August as the improvement in the service ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... of reasons and you'll likely to hit a rational one - rising US bond yields, expectations of a more aggressive Fed, US-China trade war, slowing global growth momentum, emerging market rout, US equity market overvaluation, expectations of lower Q3 ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... two-day's sell-off - Fed tightening, bond yield rise, trade war (but of course, he's not going to blame himself), slowing China and global growth, overvaluation, slowing momentum, bearish technical indications, and whatever else you can think ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... another two expected (in September and December), Trump's trade war already underway, emerging markets in turmoil, slowing China, etcetera. The same "risks" - real or imagined - that's failed to keep equities down. If ever, the recent rise in ...