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Global Economy
Are we headed for another recession?
SINGAPORE (Sept 7): The outcome of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has altered the business and economic landscape — for better or worse.
September 07, 2018
Commentary
Millennials sit out the bull stock market: Barry Ritholtz
(Sept 6): What has happened to the generation of investors that came of age in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? The evidence suggests their experiences scarred them deeply, though we don’t yet know if this psychologic
September 06, 2018
Global Economy
What has improved 10 years after Lehman: DBS
SINGAPORE (Sept 4): This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis or Lehman Crisis that sent shock waves through the global financial system.
September 04, 2018
Global Markets
Emerging Asia hit by biggest foreign investor exodus since 2008
BANGKOK (June 18): A falling tide lowers all boats, it seems. Amid an exodus from emerging markets, investors are pulling out of even Asian economies with solid prospects for growth and debt financing.
June 18, 2018
Global Economy
Asian consumption on upward trend despite weak G7 growth in 2018: Oxford Economics
SINGAPORE (May 25): Relatively weak consumption growth is likely to persist across G7 nations this year, says Oxford Economics on the belief that the impact of a recovery in real incomes will be dampened by higher oil prices and waning wealth effects go
May 25, 2018
Investing strategies
Learn to profit from volatility in this year of normalisation, Lombard Odier CIO tells investors
SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Sharp movements in markets have been a wake-up call for complacent investors, but this should not have come as a surprise, says Lombard Odier Private Bank in its CIO Viewpoint February report.
February 20, 2018
Global Economy
Central banks find that a tool to curb bubbles is doing the job
SINGAPORE (Dec 4): Central bankers are starting to see promising results from one of the recent additions to their monetary policy toolbox.
December 04, 2017
3 ways this ETF could be a useful defensive portfolio component
SINGAPORE (Sept 7): Phillip Capital is highlighting ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) as a defensive addition to investor portfolios, given recent geopolitical events and global market volatility.
September 07, 2017
Commentary
No, wait, this is the real anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis
NEW YORK (Aug 25): Just five minutes before Monday’s solar eclipse, hundreds of beachgoers along the Cape Cod National Seashore were donning special glasses and positioning empty cereal boxes with pinholes in them, tittering with anticipation to see the
August 25, 2017
Global Markets
Is the global equity bull market dying?
SINGAPORE (June 1): Global equity markets have gone on an eight-year-long bull run since hitting the bottom in March 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis.
June 01, 2017