AS WE step into a fresh decade, questions loom large in investors' minds. Those who stayed invested over the past decade would have been richly rewarded, despite worries over a myriad of risks including the path of interest rates, various domestic elections, protectionism and more recently the trade war.
Shades of 2000 in digital bank initiative, Fed loosening
THE strong rally in US stocks over the last few months, and current giddiness in the start-ups space, is giving me a...
More jobs will be closer to Punggol's smarter, greener homes: SM Teo
WHEN it is ready in 2023, the Punggol Digital District will provide residents with more jobs that will be close to...
US homebuilder sentiment posts best two months since 1999
UNITED States homebuilder sentiment posted the highest back-to-back readings since 1999, as developers saw a surge...
Buenos Aires authorities push ahead with bold slum renewal
STANDING next to his self-built home accessible by a steep ladder in a Buenos Aires slum, resident Miguel Romero is...
Tempering income expectations in 2020
THE years since the 2008-09 global financial crisis have been difficult for income seekers and I think this is...
A recovery for Chinese, US equities in the making
IT APPEARS that a preliminary version of a US-China trade deal will be signed sometime in the next week or so. Only...
First three weeks of the year can be an emerging-market red herring
BEWARE of recency bias when you invest in emerging-market stocks in January. What seems like a new-year trend could...
Applying ESG integration to mitigate risks, enhance returns
WITH ESG now firmly on the radar of asset owners, we have seen owners assessing external portfolio managers to...
BREAKING
Miscommunication resulted in disclosure omission, says Advancer Global
CATALIST-LISTED Advancer Global has pointed to miscommunication as the reason for its failure to disclose that its...
Indonesia central bank to intervene if rupiah becomes too strong: governor
[JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank will stand ready to intervene in the currency market should the rupiah currency...
Tokyo: Nikkei closes down more than 2% on China virus fears
[TOKYO] Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index dropped more than 2 per cent Monday on concerns over the potential impact of...
Olympics-Tokyo 2020 to power Olympic torch with hydrogen for first time
[TOKYO] Hydrogen will be used for the first time to power the Olympic torch during its journey through Japan,...
US labour market may have peaked: survey
[WASHINGTON] There is an even balance in the share of US businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment...
Firms in China extend holidays, ask staff to work from home as virus spreads
[SHANGHAI] Big businesses across China are temporarily shutting stores or advising staff to work from home, to guard...
REAL ESTATE
URA's Q3 private home price index posts 1.3% q-o-q rise
THE 1.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter rise in Singapore's overall private home price index in the...
URA private home price index up 1.3% q-o-q in Q3, higher than flash estimate rise of 0.9%
SINGAPORE'S benchmark private residential property price index rose 1.3 per cent in the third...
Tech@SG pilot spurs hopes of demand spike for home rentals
SINGAPORE'S plans to expand its pool of foreign tech talent under a new scheme may help to boost...
Q2 home prices post surprise rise, but analysts call it an anomaly
APARTMENT and condo prices in Singapore rose by 1.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2019 -...
New CPF rules to expand pool of buyers for older homes
THE changes to CPF rules for purchasing older public and private leasehold homes will likely...
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15 on trial for robbing Morocco king of luxury watches
[RABAT] Fifteen people went on trial in the Moroccan capital on Friday over the theft of dozens...
AS WE step into a fresh decade, questions loom large in investors' minds. Those who stayed invested over the past decade would have been richly rewarded, despite worries over a myriad of risks including the path of interest rates, various domestic elections, protectionism and more recently the trade war.
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