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It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... sending funds flowing into emerging market stocks, bonds and property - and China is an emerging market, and China's currency is pegged to the US dollar - and these made a roundtrip back into the America in the form of higher corporate revenues and profits ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... after falls of 2.1% last Thursday and 3.2% last Friday. It's because of China, it's the Fed, it's OPEC, it's Greece, it's currency wars and beggar-thy-neighbour policies, it's overvaluation, it's the calendar - you name it, there's a laundry list of ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... three schemes for trading and investment. Each has a quota as China is carefully managing the internationalisation of its currency and economy.A Australia now has access to all three. The Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme allows ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... day: "Concern Europe's debt crisis would trigger a global recession sent investors to the relative safety of the U.S. currency and Treasuries in the third quarter, dragging equity markets in 37 of the 45 countries in the MSCI All-Country World Index ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... unwillingness to lay off their exposure and have more investment in assets abroad" as Australia's terms of trade fall and the currency weakens. He acknowledged that "we have seen reasonable flows from private investors though this was partly offset by ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... in net exports." While many point the finger on China - its slowing growth, its manipulation of the stock market, its currency devaluation - for why the sky is falling on financial markets, the root of all this evil is the rise and rise of the US dollar ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... exchange reserves are dwindling - down to US$100 billion in July - the least since 2010. If it decides to defend the currency, the central would have no choice but to raise interest rates. That would weaken growth, company earnings and share prices.

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... bought on 27 April... they're now 10.8% poorer. We can blame this on China's slowdown and the volatility in its stock and currency markets. We can blame it on the fall and fall in commodity prices. We can blame it on the Fed and the rolling uncertainty ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... two-pronged monetary easing measures look to have come to an end but our central bankers will remain watchful of the currency, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management executive director and global fixed income portfolio manager Sean Reynolds. The ...

Titans Fund added to Macquarie Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... The fund is a concentrated, large cap global equity fund that incorporates downside protection strategies and active currency management. It focuses on global businesses with high returns on invested capital, strong free cash flow generation, solid balance ...