Bfm :: Market Watch

Singapore’s 3rd quarter GDP surprised markets with the economy growing 4.1% thanks to strong exports. What then does this mean for equity markets and who stands to benefit from this? Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, Singapore Exchange gives us his views whil we also ask if there are any winners from China’s stimulus measures.  Image Credit: shutterstock.com

US retail sales surprised on the upside, indicating the resilience of the consumer. How will this influence the Fed Fund rate direction? Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited gives us his perspective whilst we take a deep dive on US banking results.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

The TIV for the last nine months of 2024 is higher than 2023 but the momentum of sales has been slowing. We ask Daniel Wong, Analyst, Hong Leong Investment Bank for his outlook, his top picks and would there be any goodies for the sector in Budget 2025.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Japan heads to the polls on 27 October with early polls suggesting that LDP might lose their current majority. We ask Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy, Mizuho Bank if that has any impact on the yen and the economy whilst also understanding the reason for the rate cut by the Bank of Thailand.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

The return of the FBMKLCI on a year-to-date basis has surprised many investors, up 12% in Ringgit terms and more than 20% in US dollar terms. However, the index appears to be trading in a narrow range tilted to the downside. Kenny Yee, Head of Research at Rakuten Trade tells us what are the catalysts that might cause a rerating of the market and what are his top buy ideas.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

Since September, the Chinese government has been annoucing a series of fiscal and monetary stimulus measures to revive the economy and resolve the long term structural issues. We ask Song Seng Wun, Economic Advisor, CGS International Securities as to whether these measures are sufficient and if not, what else we can expect.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Typically Malaysian Budgets are full of goodies of the construction sector with a list of infrastructure projects. Will Budget 2025 be a repeat of this and which contractors stand to benefit? Adam Mohamed Rahim, Equity Research Analyst, RHB Research tells us.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

As the US corporate earnings season gathers steam, stock markets have been chalking up gains and setting new records. Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist at US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, shares his insights into how investors can take advantage of market volatility to score some gains.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

With less than a month to go to US elections, how will markets trade? We ask Kelvin Wong, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA that question and his thoughts on the recent results from US Banks.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Japan's Nikkei 225 Index has registered a gain of nearly 20% year-to-date in a 2024 that saw it swing more than 10,000 points in the space of a month between July and August. Andrew Jackson, Head of Japanese Equity Strategy at Ortus Advisors share his insights into the factors moving markets in Japan and what we might expect going forward.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

China's Minister of Finance is scheduled to deliver a press briefing on Saturday. Could markets get good news on fiscal stimulus? Yeap Jun Rong of IG International weighs in on what to expect for Chinese equities and also discusses the outlook for the US economy following the latest CPI print.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

In the past month, crude palm oil (CPO) prices have appreciated about 10%, bringing it to 4289 ringgit per tonne. We will explore the outlook of the local palm oil sector with Hoe Lee Leng, Head of Regional Plantations, RHB Investment Bank whilst also looking at her top picks for the sector. Image Credit: shutterstock.com

Major banks will kick-off the third quarter earnings season this Friday. What are the trends to watch and are investors back to chasing Big Tech stocks? We get market insights from Tony Nash of Chief Intelligence.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

With the U.S. presidential election looming in November, and another round of rate cuts by the Fed expected, how might these factors affect fixed income markets? Jesse Liew, Chief Investment Officer, Asean Fixed Income of Principal discusses these issues with us.This Market Outlook is brought to you by Principal.

China’s national development and reform commission announced a series of fiscal measures but do they go far enough to resolve some of the structural issues the country faces? Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist at UBP give us his perspective whilst we also discuss the Yen which has been volatile of late.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

The FTSE ASEAN 40 index is up by over 11% YTD but the bloc have not performed uniformly well with Indonesia and Thailand the laggards while Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore were the outperformers. We ask Khoo Hsien Liang, Senior Portfolio Manager, AHAM Capital for which markets will continue to outperform and why.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

Chinese equities markets reopen after the Golden Week Holiday. If the performance of the Hang Seng Index is an indicator of what is to come, will Chinese markets rally further? Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management gives us his perspective whilst we also ask what we can expect on the upcoming US result season.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Until very recently, the best performing market in Asean was Malaysia till Philippines stole that title with the PSEi index up by 16% on a year to date basis compared to the FBMKLCI’s return of 12%. We check in with Imran Yusof, Head of Research, MIDF as to whether there is still upside to the Malaysian equity market, what investment strategy to adopt and the top buy ideas for 2024.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

With the US reporting surprisingly good job numbers, we speak to Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global about what this will mean for the US economy, FOMC rate trajectory and broader implications on foreign currencies particularly the Japanese Yen.Image Credit: shutterstock.com

The FBMKLCI and even the Ringgit have done rather well this year, but can this momentum be sustained into the final quarter of 2024? We speak to Jeremy Goh, Head of Research at Hong Leong Investment Bank for his outlook for Malaysian equities in Q4. Image Credit: shutterstock.com