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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... points.NEW YORK - US stocks have closed mostly lower after a mixed report on existing-home sales showed a rocky but improving recovery in the depressed housing market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 45.57 points (0.35 per cent), finishing at 13,124.62. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... outlook and the Greek debt crisis. HONG KONG - Asian shares have mostly risen on the back of lingering optimism over the recovery in the global economy but the advances were capped by US data that came in below expectations. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... figures from the United States that add to the growing optimism that the world's No.1 economy is finally on the road to recovery. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares snapped a 12-day rally as some investors locked in a 6.4 per cent gain. Fletcher Building ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... points. NEW YORK - US stocks posted modest gains Thursday as investors digested a batch of economic data that suggested the recovery is picking up steam. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 58.66 points (0.44 per cent) to 13,252.76. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... for a second bailout to avert a new eurozone crisis. Stocks were also boosted from strong US job numbers that suggest a recovery in the world's top economy is gaining traction. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.47 per cent to close at 5,887.49 ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... deleveraging and easy monetary policy but that in the medium-term there is likely to be a stronger and faster cyclical recovery than most intermediate bond markets are currently pricing. Australian government nominal and inflation linked bonds have not ...

Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Kivell. The Perennial outlook for this year in property is mid-to-high single returns with the initial phases of the US recovery leading to take-up of office space and money flow back to the retail arena. Asia remains the favoured region, although the ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... returns began collapsing, compared a correlation post June 2007 of 71%. The correlation increase has coincided with a recovery in the unlisted property sector, where rolling 12 month returns are now a stable 10% according to both the Financial Standard ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... address the urgent issue of fiscal sustainability, they should take care not to unnecessarily impede the current economic recovery... " because "... a more robust recovery will lead to lower deficits and debt in coming years." Where would America be ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... the wall - it is a lagging indicator after all. The labour market eventually strengthened despite fears of a jobless recovery following the 1990/91 recession. Ditto with the recession of 2001 and all other past US recessions since 1950 - sorry but that's ...