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2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... and other emerging markets, the OECD leading indicator - the one that tracks the future performance of the developed economies - and global purchasing managers indices have picked up towards the close of 2010." Here, I was correct until... the Jasmine ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... dropped 74.8 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 4,264.1. NEW YORK - A deal to forge stronger ties between most of Europe's economies sent stocks sharply higher Friday as hopes grew that the region is close to resolving its debt crisis. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... value-destroying. A gold-based investment provides a hedge against this. "Given the deep-rooted issues in the major developed economies, which cannot be solved quickly, investors need to think strategically about their investment allocations. Government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... reports that the leaders are looking at bolstering the region's firewall by running two huge rescue funds to protect weak economies. Tokyo closed 1.71 per cent, or 147.01 points, stronger at 8,722.17 and Seoul climbed 0.87 per cent, or 16.6 points, to ...

AFS acquires QLD planning practice

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... look at where they can quickly build a network and independents are concerned whether they can survive on their own in economies of scale, PI and the additional costs of FOFA." Meikle said the decision to join AFS Group was prompted by the dealer group's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... cent, or 7.32 points, to 2325.91. The Asian Development Bank trimmed its 2012 growth projections for emerging East Asian economies, including China, from 7.5 per cent to 7.2 per cent because of the continuing eurozone uncertainties. It said "major downside ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... spook they had even only a week ago. There was Monsieur Sarkozy warning that the Eurozone risk "exploding... without economies heading toward more convergence" of fiscal policies. There's Fraulein Merkel expected to insist on "anything" but an expanded ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... to push through austerity measures. Lower yields would allow the Eurozone to go about their business of growing their economies - which makes cutting their deficits and servicing their debts that much less painful. But for the Eurozone this may be just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... months of the year after factoring in a writedown on its Greek government bond holdings. PARIS - Inflation in advanced economies slid to 3.2 per cent in October from 3.1 per cent the previous month, reflecting mostly slower growth in energy prices, the ...

Treasury predicts growth, $20b revenue loss

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... position over the medium term," said Swan. "Australia will return the budget to surplus ahead of all major advanced economies, and government net debt peaks dramatically lower than in these countries at 8.9 per cent of GDP in 2011-12, before falling ...