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Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... supported by big contribution from inventories in the third quarter - 2.07 percentage points - as US businesses rebuild their stocks in anticipation of increased purchases from consumers. Trump's increased fiscal spending continues to provide growth ...

Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... Stock Connect. The VanEck Vectors China New Economy ETF (ASX: CNEW) will track a smart beta strategy index that will pick stocks on 24 indicators spread across four measures growth, profitability and cash flow. It is slated to list next month, and will ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... new survey shows. Trading platform Stake surveyed 506 Australians and those aged between 18 and 34 said investing in US stocks will help make their goals a reality. Two-in-three millennial respondents (66%) said prioritising investments in US companies ...

Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... to more defensive assets. An equal number of respondents will either move or invest in some defensive assets or buy more stocks given the lower share prices (18% respectively). Janus Henderson Investors co-head of strategic fixed income Jenna Barnard ...

BennBridge boutique launches small caps fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... caps. Tellworth Investments LLP is starting the new fund LF Tellworth UK Smaller Companies Fund, which will hold 40-60 stocks. It will be led by Paul Marriage and John Warren who have previously managed investments together at Cazenove Capital and Schroders. ...

Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... investments are a moral grey area for money managers - tobacco kills seven million people across the globe every year yet tobacco stocks have enjoyed good yields, steady growth and showed resilience to economic sharps. As such, finding investments to ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... profits, negative technicals, rising oil prices, etcetera - explaining the whys and wherefores of the current malaise in US stocks. But aren't these "challenges" already known knowns. Heck, the S&P 500 index even climbed to a record high on 20 September ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... Product launches in the ETF space have picked up with most new products targeting thematic investments (like robotics, Asian stocks) or actively managed investments. "Product development has been significant in September - the number of products launched ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... global ETF assets currently stand at about US$5 trillion ($7 trillion). This is the same combined market cap as the FAANG stocks, meaning the ETF industry is still relatively small. The journalist is a guest of J.P. Morgan Asset Management in London. ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... could get from buying US Treasuries now outmatches the dividend yield (1.86%) they could get from the S&P 500. Sell? Dump stocks? Head for the hills?...or buy this dip and as per Warren Buffet, "be greedy" now that many are "fearful"? The February 2018 ...