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Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web services point the finger on the Fed's gloomy outlook for the US economy ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... 500 gained 2.6% on the day (4.9% on the week); the DJIA rose by 3.2% (6.8%); the Nasdaq went up by 2.1% (3.4%) and the Russell 200 increased by 3.8% (8.1%). For a number of weeks, Wall Street appeared to be buying on hope because of TINA - there is no ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Street. For how else is one to explain the rally on 'the wall' - S&P 500 up 1.7%; DJIA up 1.9%; Nasdaq up 1.6%; Russell 2000 up 3.6% -- on the same day that the US Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) released actual non-farm payrolls numbers, underscoring ...

Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... 5% to cash, corporate funds 4%, public sector 6% and retail matched the industry funds with 5%. Hostplus, UniSuper and Russell Investments Master Trust had 0% cash allocations in their MySuper products.

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Street overnight. All major US benchmark equity indices rocketed: DJIA by 7.7%; S&P 500 by 7.0%, Nasdaq composite by 7.3%; Russell 2000 by 8.2%. Again, hoping for the best but prepared for the worst. More, here's to wishing that this isn't another ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... be an underestimation. In spite of these, Wall Street rallied overnight -- Dow +6.38%, S&P 500 +6.24%, Nasdaq +5.60%, Russell 2000 +6.30%. Perhaps it's because claims came in a million less than expected; perhaps, it's because of the Senate's ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... stocks," Morningstar said. Meanwhile, the country's worst performers were Dimensional Australian Value Trust (-29.26%), Russell Inv High Dividend Aus Shrs ETF (-28.06%) Lazard Select Australian Equity W (-27.86%), and Nikko AM Australian Share W ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... coronavirus. Wall Street's reaction to the Fed's decision -- Dow down 3.0%, S&P 500 down 2.8%, Nasdaq down 3%, Russell 2000 down 2.1% -- may give other central banks (especially those that have already ran out of interest rate ammo like the BOJ ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Street is down... with the coronavirus flu! The Dow declined by 0.5%, the S&P 500 by 0.3%, the Nasdaq by 0.02%, and the Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in Washington ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... all-time high; the Nasdaq closed 1.1% up but not after setting a fresh record level; the Dow jumped by 1.1%; and, the Russell 2000 index soared by 1.7%. "There's a reason For the sunshine day There's a reason Why I'm feelin' so high..." ...