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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... the market and partly due to the fact that central banks globally have been very active in the markets, keeping interest rates low." Interest rate sensitivity With global interest rates gradually rising, fixed income becomes increasingly more attractive ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... in the coming months as the interest rate differential against these currencies continue to widen as it raises interest rates faster than its peers. But the more expensive greenback is also adding pressure on company profit margins that are already beginning ...

ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... it's Daintree, great." Tyler said he would be happy given the current climate to take long positions in Australian interest rates, adding a Labor victory would likely push the RBA from 2019 to 2020, anchoring the short end of the Australian yield curve. ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... it also raises doubt with regards to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) statement that the next move in interest rates will likely be up. Although that's still within the realms of the possible given the continued strength in the economy and ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... inflation in their respective domestic economies. This has prompted many emerging market central banks to raise interest rates, damping business activity and hence, demand for crude. In a phrase, the synchronised economic upswing that prevailed until ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... as it was last month, last year and going all the way back to the first Tuesday of August 2016 when it dropped interest rates from 1.75%. The RBA is stuck between positive growth fundamentals - GDP expanded by 3.4% in the year to the second quarter (the ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... December) is different. Here, the odds are, according to cmegroup.com, 73.6% that the US central bank will raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 2.25%-2.5%. Yes Virginia, I'm scratching my bald head too. Only 73.6% chance, after the Fed already ...

Star managers address low returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... escrowed their investment in the LIC for 10 years. What's next? The managers thinks US stocks will slow as the interest rates rise and the dollar gets stronger. Therefore, it has little net exposure to the US. It has taken a modest net long of about ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the back of a slump in US equities, rising interest rates and escalated trade tensions between US and China. This was close to the index's level of 5652 seen on 4 October 2017. ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... (ECB) October 25 Governing Council meeting concluded with a decision that markets widely expected. The ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark refinancing rate at 0%, the marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% and the deposit facility rate ...