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Investing strategies

How one asset manager is preparing for Trumpflation

SINGAPORE (Nov 24): With Donald Trump headed to the White House, Schroder’s Marcus Brookes now expects his presidential policies to pile on further price pressure, otherwise known as the ‘Trumpflation’ effect.

Oil spice: With US$3 bil port, Malacca eyes slice of shipping giant Singapore's pie

(Nov 23): Once at the heart of the global spice trade, Malacca is pumping nearly US$3 billion ($4.2 billion) into an ambitious plan to put itself in demand in a different hot commodity - oil.

Oil rally boosts Brazil, Latin America funds; gold slumps

Falling US oil stockpiles and optimism over Opec’s (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) plan to cut production sent Brent crude prices 4.4% higher for the week. This lifted riskier emerging markets (EMs), with the MSCI Emerging Markets in

Commodities

World Bank boosts 2017 crude oil forecast to US$55 per barrel

NEW YORK (Oct 21): The World Bank raised its crude oil price forecast for 2017 to US$55 ($76.5) a barrel on Thursday from US$53 a barrel, as it expects an output agreement among the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to help trim exc

Crude Oil

Oil bounces on Saudi-Russian pledge to steady prices

LONDON (Sept 6): Oil rallied by up to five per cent on Monday as top global producers Russia and Saudi Arabia vowed to stabilise the market after meeting at the G20 in China.

Investors continue to love Asian markets, but not equally

SINGAPORE (Aug 26): Asian equities and mutual funds continue to enjoy immense popularity among investors around the world, as seen from the latest foreign institutional investor (FII) flow figures reported by HSBC Global Research, which measure net flows

Broker's Calls

Outlook ‘stable’ but ‘unexciting’ for UOB

SINGAPORE (July 29): OCBC and RHB are maintaining their “hold” and “neutral” calls on United Overseas Bank (UOB) with a target prices of $19.61 and $18.85 respectively.

Oil market ‘close to balancing’ but watch out for Brexit, says DBS

SINGAPORE (June 21): DBS Vickers Securities on Monday said the oil market is close to balancing, but oil prices might swing this weekend following the results of the Brexit referendum, expected to be out on Friday.
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