US-China trade tensions have brought market volatility back into the picture, and with it, the need take up more safe-haven asset allocations.US-CHINA trade tensions have brought market volatility back into the picture, and with it, the need take up more safe-haven asset allocations.
Since the start of the year, DBS Bank chief investment officer Hou Wey Fook has informed clients to adopt a"barbell portfolio" - one in which overweight positions occupy both ends of the risk spectrum. Mr Hou told The Business Times on Tuesday that despite the recent dip in global equity markets, the strategy has stayed resilient on the back of a good showing from holdings in gold and bonds.
Even though market watchers noted that China's retaliation was relatively light, it still sent the US market into a selling frenzy; the Dow Jones and S&P fell 2.4 per cent, and the Nasdaq, 3.4 per cent. Singapore's Straits Times Index and Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Composite Index closed 0.3 per cent lower.
KGI Securities' head of research, Joel Ng said if the talks break down, trade diversion may end up being a boon to manufacturing firms with operations in South-east Asia. This could benefit firms with operations in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, such as Venture Corp, Frencken and Innotek, he said.
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