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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... widening trade surplus gave further impetus to mining stocks after a rises in commodities overnight on the back of European, Chinese and US manufacturing boosted shares. A successful bond auction by Portugal and hopes for a Greek debt deal by the end ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... points, or 1.22 per cent, to 2,848.27. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher on Wednesday as positive Chinese manufacturing helped to offset concerns over dragging talks on a crucial Greek debt write-down deal. Dealers said hopes of a ...

What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... its banks by 50 basis points as it shifted its policy focus from inflation control into growth promotion. This was the Chinese central bank's first reduction in three years (December 2008). And to think, the PBOC announced the policy reversal even before ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... outlook do not augur well for Australia's labour market. There's Bloomberg's report strengthening the view of a collapsing Chinese property market. "About 16 percent of respondents in China said in a 2011 survey they plan to buy a property in the next ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... production report. In Australia on Tuesday, stocks closed at their highest level in five weeks after better than expected Chinese economic growth buoyed already optimistic investor sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 68.4 points, or 1.7 ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... priced in. Contagion, banking problems. Check. European recession and slow global growth with downside risks. Priced in. Chinese property bubble burst and hard landing. Yep, it's there. But don't take my word for it. Even our very own RBA is positioned ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... per cent lower, or 16.41 points, at 1,859.27. Hong Kong closed down 1.0 per cent, or 192.22 points, at 19,012.22 while Chinese shares finished 1.71 per cent lower, or 38.39 points, at 2,206.19. Taipei lost 1.09 per cent, or 77.92 points, to 7,103.62 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... a downgrade of nine of the European bloc countries' credit ratings sparked a fresh wave of risk aversion ahead of more Chinese data this week. Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday stripped France and Austria of their triple-A status and downgraded seven ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... underwriting their debts -- suffer. And if they do, all of Europe goes." But if there's one that got it so wrong it was the Chinese zodiac. For 2011 is the "Year of the Rabbit" - "a year where money can be made easily. It is "a placid year". A year to ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... 9.4% GDP expansion in the third quarter is indicative of a soft landing - one that would enable sustainable growth in the Chinese economy for longer. And in Europe - although still highly suspect - news out last night are positive. Italian bond yields ...