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Investors should ‘take a step back’ to spot opportunities for Asean amid Trump tariffs: JPMorgan
EVEN as US President Donald Trump stirs up the market with a barrage of executive orders, JPMorgan’s chief market strategist for the…
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Indonesia opens domestic carbon market to global investors
INDONESIA’S domestic carbon exchange opened trading to foreign participants as the nation aims to restore its position as a major hub for…
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US: Wall St opens lower as investors dial back bets on Fed rate cuts this year
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Jan 13), as yields surged after robust payroll numbers last week bolstered expectations…
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Investors must diversify to navigate ‘world of uncertainty’ in 2025
Focus on defensive strategies, particularly around Asia and countries with minimal trade exposure, say investment strategists INVESTMENT…
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Gold subdued; investors await US data for cues on Fed’s policy path
GOLD prices were subdued on Thursday (Jan 9) as rising yields and a stronger US dollar weighed, while investors awaited US data for…
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US: Wall St opens muted as investors assess data, Trump economic emergency report
Wall Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Wednesday (Jan 8), as investors digested softer-than-expected jobs data and took stock of a…
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Chinese investors chase returns abroad as local markets struggle
CHINESE investors’ demand for better returns overseas is so strong that even an expanded purchase quota for some funds is selling out…
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Trump win triggered 2024 exit by overseas investors from Asian equities
OVERSEAS investors turned net sellers of Asian equities in 2024, primarily due to a surge in selling in the last quarter amid concerns…
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Gold steady as investors await US economic data
Gold prices held steady on Monday (Jan 6) as investors awaited a slew of US economic data due out this week for guidance on the US Federal…
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US: Wall Street ends sharply higher with assist from tech; investors eye Trump policies
US STOCKS rebounded on Friday (Jan 3) as investors neared the end of a holiday-shortened week that also rang in a new year, which brought…
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Oil prices settle up on China optimism as investors return from holiday
OIL prices settled up by more than US$1 a barrel on Thursday as investors returned for the first trading day of 2025 with an optimistic…
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Oil inches lower in thin trade, investors eye China, US data
OIL prices slipped lower on Monday (Dec 30) in thin holiday trade ahead of the year-end as traders awaited more economic data from China…
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Apple approaches US$4 trillion valuation as investors bet on AI momentum
APPLE is closing in on a historic US$4 trillion stock market valuation, powered by investors cheering progress in the company’s…
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US investors pay biggest premium for TSMC shares in two months
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) US-listed shares cost almost 25 per cent more than those in its domestic market at the…
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Chinese investors buy record amount of Hong Kong stocks via link
MAINLAND Chinese investors snapped up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks as they ramped up exposure to risk assets in the city amid a…
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Uber investors are calling for more transparency into driver pay
A group of investors in Uber Technologies is calling on the ride-hailing service to disclose more information on how it pays drivers,…
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Citi and Maybank Securities collaborate to offer global securities lending to Singapore retail investors
This collaboration marks the introduction of Citi Securities Lending Access in Asia CITI and Maybank Securities announced on Wednesday…
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US: Wall Street edges higher at the open as investors await Fed
THE S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Monday (Dec 16), while the Dow was little changed, as investors looked ahead to an anticipated…
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US: Wall Street edges higher at the open as investors await Fed
THE S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Monday (Dec 16), while the Dow was little changed, as investors looked ahead to an anticipated…
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Boeing’s year of crisis leaves investors wary of beaten-up stock
WHAT was supposed to be a comeback year for Boeing has turned into its worst stock-market plunge since 2008, and if Wall Street is right,…
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Singapore shares end flat amid mixed Asia markets as investors digest China’s monetary easing plans
SINGAPORE stocks closed unchanged on Friday (Dec 13), as China pledged further monetary easing to brace itself for more trade tensions…
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Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum
The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play…
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Gold little changed; investors await US payrolls data
GOLD prices were little changed on Thursday (Dec 5) as investors awaited US payrolls data, due on Friday, for more cues on the Federal…
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US: Wall St opens higher as investors await economic data, Powell comments
WALL Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Dec 4), with the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting all-time highs as…