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Asia stocks show resilience on back of grim Wall Street selloff

“I think Asia may outperform the U.S. in the near term,” said Andy Wong, a fund manager at LW Asset Management. The risk of a new wave of infections “seems fairly low in Asia as the virus is still largely contained.”
Second half: second wave or second wind? - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Global Markets

Second half: second wave or second wind?

Financial markets, poised to enter the second half with a “second wind” beneath the wings, have been doused with cold water.

Yawning valuation gap between US stocks and the rest of the world

SINGAPORE (Oct 8): Global markets, save for Wall Street, headed into the last quarter of 2018 with a sense of caution. There are reasons to be wary, seeing that developments in the first nine months have not gone according to script, confounding almost a

Property

Singapore named world's 5th largest real estate investor & largest Asian investor in US

SINGAPORE (Jan 29): Singapore saw its outbound real estate investments soar 40% on-year to a record high of US$28.4 billion ($37.2 billion) in 2017 – upending the US$27.6 billion achieved in 2015 to emerge as the fifth largest real estate investor gl

Why this fund’s 256,766% return still doesn’t beat the market

(Aug 18): Kevin Beatty can take the long view on investing. Ninety-three-years-long, to be exact.

Fintech

Nasdaq seeks fintech firms to partner in Asia expansion of Analytics Hub

SINGAPORE (July 27): Nasdaq Inc. is expanding its Analytics Hub in Asia and is looking for fintech firms in the region, including in Singapore, to partner.
Bill Gross - by Bloomberg

Global Markets

Bill Gross says market risk is highest since pre-2008 crisis

(June 8): US markets are at their highest risk levels since before the 2008 financial crisis because investors are paying a high price for the chances they’re taking, according to Bill Gross, manager of the US$2 billion ($2.76 billion) Janus Henderson
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In print this week

How this fund became the year’s top performer

SINGAPORE (Aug 12): Launched last January, the Wells Fargo (Lux) WF — US Select Equity fund is the top performer this year, buoyed by exposure to energy and gold.
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