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Global Markets

How to make sense of market forecasts in wartime

Anyone who correctly guesses the future level of a stock index, interest rates or the price of oil is probably lucky.
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Singapore Budget

What's next after the Budget 2018 buzz?

SINGAPORE (Feb 23): It is that time of the year again. Immediately after every Budget speech, analysts scramble to translate the slew of adjustments to taxes and government schemes into fresh views on the economy, specific industries and individual stocks
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Global Markets

'Trump Thump' whacks bond market for US$1 trillion loss

NEW YORK (Nov 14): Donald Trump's stunning victory for the White House may mark the long-awaited end to the more than 30-year-old bull run in bonds, as bets on faster US growth and inflation lead investors to favor stocks over bonds.
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