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Clients asking planners for margin loans

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... lending has changed significantly. Most notably, 53% cite best interest of clients, up from 30% in 2014. "There has been a sharp increase in the proportion of planners saying client best interest is the reason for intending to increase their usage of ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... contribution in the fourth quarter with the 0.1 pp contribution from exports negated by the 0.1 subtraction from imports. This is a sharp reversal from the 1.7 pps contribution from net exports in the third quarter... but is not completely unexpected ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... expected 0.5% in January - the fastest since May 2015. But the biggest story that put rate hike specs back on the table is the sharp jump in the core PCE price index from 1.4% in the year to December to 1.7% last month. This puts the Fed's favoured inflation ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Last week was a happy one for equity markets with most benchmark indices registering sharp gains at the end of five days of trade. Is it now safe to go back in the waters? Or a dead cat bounce? It happened not so long ago, you know -- when the rebound ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... "bear market" in equities and commodities continue to garner most of the attention - providing support to this outlook - the sharp rebound in the price of gold in recent times makes these negative prognoses all the more convincing. Gold prices have rallied ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... developments, in particular, pose risks to U.S. economic growth. Most notably, although recent economic indicators do not suggest a sharp slowdown in Chinese growth, declines in the foreign exchange value of the renminbi have intensified uncertainty ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... increased financial market volatility - as well as concerns over sales expectations and hiring contributed largely to the sharp drop in the headline index last month. While the report showed that a net 27% of small businesses increased compensation in ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... Australian research Su-Lin Ong. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Ong noted recent sharp moves in equity markets in Asia and oil price fluctuations as having a measurable impact on global monetary policy. "And ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Have financial markets stumbled on the one catalyst that could herald the beginning of the end... the end of the sour taste in their mouths for all things "risk" since the onset of 2016? They're getting back their mojos. Many, many times I have scribbled ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... expecting was the surprise big drop in the US dollar. This is a plus for oil and other commodity prices. But what caused the sharp reversal in the US dollar overnight? Specifically, NY Fed President William Dudley's comment that, "financial conditions ...