currencies

Investing strategies

What lies ahead for Asian economies and currencies this year: Deutsche

SINGAPORE (March 28): Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has highlighted rising inflation as a particular area for Asia to watch in the year ahead, which has the potential to become a policy issue but is not an immediate problem.
Korean Won

Currencies

This currency reigns supreme in Asian emerging-market plays

BANGKOK (Feb 20): As the most sensitive emerging Asian currency, South Korea’s won provides the best proxy for investors looking to bet on how the region reacts to US President Donald Trump.
Eurozone stock markets

Global Markets

New Year, new high for euro zone stock markets

LONDON (Jan 3): Euro zone stocks opened 2017 by climbing to their highest in more than a year on Monday after data showed manufacturers in the currency bloc ramped up activity at the fastest pace in more than five years.

Currencies

What’s the big deal about redenominating the rupiah?

SINGAPORE (Dec 21): Redenomination of the rupiah (IDR) is back on the cards for Indonesia, revealed the country’s central bank governor, Agus Martowardojo, on Monday.
Currencies

Currencies

In Asian currency-reserves checkup, two come out on top

BANGKOK (Nov 25): Less than a decade ago, the International Monetary Fund used to talk about Asian countries piling up too much in their currency-reserve stockpiles.

Commodities

What investors need to understand about the value of gold

SINGAPORE (Nov 3): How does one value the price of gold without a coupon or dividend, and no expected earnings or book-to-value ratios?
Hangzhou G20

China Focus

China hands over G20 stewardship with economy stable, for now

NEW YORK (Oct 10): China has turned from a shaky steward to a stalwart of the Group of 20.

Watch out for the growing bubble in 4Q

SINGAPORE (Oct 4): DBS warns investors that the recent rallies among risk assets like equities, commodities, bonds and currencies shows they are trapped in an expanding bubble.

Asia FX

What’s stopping RBNZ from meeting its inflation objective?

SINGAPORE (Aug 11): The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has cut interest rates by 25bps, which takes the official cash rate (OCR) to an all-time low of 2%.
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