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Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... making a comeback into market players' psyche. Inflation is lurking just around the corner - at least for the developed economies. In the emerging ones, they've been trying to shoo evil inflation away as if almost forever. China, for one, lifted interest ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... and bad policy calls dampening current consensus on China's growth. "We continue to caution against the fact that most economies when they gone through the aggressive fixed investment type of approach that China has had, have a hard landing." "The Chinese ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England have thus far failed to generate meaningful improvements in their respective economies. The near-term outlook for the economies of the OECD as whole remains one of sub-trend growth. This is hardly surprising ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... from confrontation." President Obama, in turn, would echo Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's pronouncement that, "Our economies are entwined and so are our futures. A thriving America is good for China, and a thriving China is good for America." At ...

Investors tap emerging market debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... dynamics suggest it would be sensible to add exposure to emerging market debt. The growth profile of emerging market economies, combined with sound public finances and relatively high yields, all make emerging market bonds an attractive investment proposition ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 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. And in case that falters, there's always ...

Chinese fund on BT Investment Wrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... China resulting from its high single digit GDP growth prospects, compared to the slower growth out of most developed economies," said Mulligan. Mulligan said the fund would approach the market with a degree of prudence and optimism given China's fast ...

Green light for global equities surge: Bell Potter

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... attractive valuations, which are well below historical norms, emerging market growth, low interest rates in developed economies (excluding Australia) and rising corporate profits should be powerful drivers of equity markets in the years ahead. "All up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... Australian stock market had continued to rise by noon, as investors react to positive overnight news out of the world's key economies. At 1201 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 78.5 points, or 1.71 per cent, at 4,665.1, while the broader All ...

ASX200 to hit 5,600: forecast

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... risk aversion and "undemanding" valuations. And while sovereign fiscal issues and the spectre of inflation in emerging economies will could continue to spark pullbacks, "we believe these periodic 'risk off' episodes are likely to represent volatility ...