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Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... sovereign wealth fund assets slowed considerably in recent years, influenced by significant challenges from falling oil prices and domestic budget shortfalls. This seemingly reversed in the last year, in part due to the recovery in oil prices, as well ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... prescribed that: "The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent." We believe oil prices will get higher in this year and also get higher in 2019, so we are trying to pick the right time [for the issuance of Aramco's ...

SMSFs continue to break with tradition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... such as Chinese demand for Australian milk products, demand for lithium and rare earths and the recent recovery in oil prices. As such, SMSFs are increasing their investments in stocks such as A2 Milk, Bubs Australia, Galaxy Resources and Artemis Resources ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... November to 3.0% in December. Inflation is expected to remain around 3% in the short term, reflecting recent higher oil prices. More generally, sustained above-target inflation remains almost entirely due to the effects of higher import prices following ...

Market volatility ideal for fundamental investors: Expert

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... greater." Nikko Asset Management is currently overweight on energy stocks because it believes over the longer term oil prices must rise to accommodate natural decline in production and increased demand. It is also overweight materials as it believes ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... the oil price unlike pronouncements of production increases or cuts, the political tension alone was enough to send oil prices to two year highs. The price of Brent oil surged by 3.5% to US$64.27 a barrel on the day and that of WTI oil gained 2.9% to ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... Yellen explains in several of her outings, this is transitory and "reflects the influence of unexpected movements in oil prices and the foreign exchange value of the dollar, as well as that of idiosyncratic developments unrelated to broader economic ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... year." According to Yellen, this uncertainty surrounding inflation "reflects the influence of unexpected movements in oil prices and the foreign exchange value of the dollar, as well as that of idiosyncratic developments unrelated to broader economic ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... the year-on-year rate of change in the CPI was likely to increase for the time being reflecting developments in crude oil prices and foreign exchange rates, the possibility of the rate of change increasing toward 2% from 2018 onward was low at this point." ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... from bear market territory, but only just - down 19.7% from February 2017's high of US$56.34. Should the decline in oil prices persist, central banks will have a problem (an inflation problem) - supporting the European Central Bank's (ECB) concern over ...