Tai Hui

Tai Hui is chief market strategist for the Asia-Pacific at J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell announces the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point at a news conference on Wednesday. Powell said the policy rate was now at ‘the lower end of neutral’, implying that it could peak soon, and the path of future rises is likely to be even more gradual. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion

For central banks in 2019, the catchword is caution

22 Dec 2018 - 1:53am

A worker takes a break outside a construction site in Beijing. The US-China trade war is likely to extend into the new year. The potential for further damage should help deter the countries from taking their threats too far. But the uncertainty from the trade tension may lead the world’s business community to consider restructuring global supply chains. Photo: AP

Opinion

This year, cash outperformed most other asset classes. Will 2019 be different?

23 Nov 2018 - 10:24pm 1

Men work on cables connecting power transmission towers in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China, on October 22. China has begun to boost infrastructure spending to spur GDP growth amid the trade war. Photo: Reuters

Opinion

Three factors that could see Asian equities rebound in 2019

26 Oct 2018 - 10:55pm

A baby polar bear looks around a zoo enclosure in Germany. Eight of the last 10 bear markets in the US were associated with recessions. The next one should not be catastrophic, given the current economic climate. Photo: EPA

Opinion

Next bear market is coming, but it should be less fierce than last time

28 Sep 2018 - 11:04pm 3

Tech companies such as Facebook are grappling with adjusting their business models to the demand for a more stringent approach to data privacy. Photo/Illustration: Reuters

Opinion

Time to hit reset button on high hopes for tech stocks

24 Aug 2018 - 10:30pm 1

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a briefing with the press in Buenos Aires on July 21. Photo: AFP

Opinion

Are US yield curve trends an alarm clock or a fire alarm?

27 Jul 2018 - 10:30pm 1

A woman gets a parcel at the EF Locker online shopping pickup point inside a shopping mall in Hong Kong on June 7. Photo: Reuters

Opinion

Bright spots in Asian stocks outshine trade war gloom

6 Jul 2018 - 10:29pm 1

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell speaks following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on March 21. Moves by the Fed and other major central banks to raise interest rates after a long period of keeping them low should not be disruptive to the global economy, Powell said. Photo: AP

Insight & Opinion

Why the Fed’s predictable rate rises make high-yield bonds look attractive

3 Jul 2018 - 9:47pm

Currency exchange values are seen on a buy-sell board at an exchange bureau in Buenos Aires on May 07. The Argentine peso appeared to have stabilised at the beginning of the week, after a run on the currency last week prompted the central bank to intervene. Photo: AFP

Opinion

Don’t panic: emerging market volatility doesn’t signal another 2013 ‘taper tantrum’

11 May 2018 - 10:34pm