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Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA spied on Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany and Spain (National Post). News? That's no news? Everybody knows it. News would be if the NSA didn't or the NSA missed a single country ...

Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... manager calls "the new normal." "The European economy, for example, is going to expand, but a very low level," Fisher said. "Spain is producing 35% less than before the global financial crisis." "The EU is recovering, but only because when you have been ...

Investor interest shifts to European credit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... debt, Baraton suggested that investing in companies with European exposure is a good idea. "Companies that are exposed to Spain or Italy but are international in their footprint can be an access door to that region if you're still reluctant to buy sovereign ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... slowly, suggesting that the burgeoning recovery in Europe's biggest economy is on track even if it could prove sluggish. Spain has emerged from recession in the third quarter, with estimated economic growth of 0.1 to 0.2 per cent, Prime Minister Mariano ...

Global uncertainty provides opportunities in retail property

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... right across Europe from the stronger Northern economies such as Sweden down to the more debt-laden countries including Spain. "These are blue-chip stocks in their respective markets and should be relatively robust, in spite of economic factors." Principal ...

Out of the woods and into?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... third quarter. Plus, reports last night show German business confidence improved for a third month in July and get this...Spain's unemployment rate declined to 26.3% in Q2 - the first drop in two years - from 27.2%. Green shoots? Plus, China's started ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... Frankfurt's DAX 30 shed 0.20 per cent to 8,314.23 points and the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0.43 per cent to 3,923.09 points. Spain's IBEX 35 index however jumped 1.38 per cent to end at 8,116.50 points after an upbeat short-term state bond auction eased ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... levels. Madrid's IBEX 35 index retreated 1 per cent to 8098.30 points after the release of an IMF report signalling an end to Spain's double-dip recession but still warning that more reform was needed to reverse high unemployment. The euro rose to $US1.3404 ...