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Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... With 89% of investors favouring equities, the asset class was by far the most popular. Number two was property, at 10%. European sovereign debt risk was top of the list for investment concerns. Investors generally preferred to gain exposure to equities ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... before, the same region felled by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake less than a month before. The global growth slowdown, the European sovereign debt crisis, funds outflow prompted by the speculation that the Fed would unwind its stimulus programme sooner-rather-than-later ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... October, double what analysts forecast, and revisions to the previous two months added another 60,000 jobs. LONDON - European shares ended mixed after a rollercoaster session marked by France's credit downgrade and US jobs data. London's benchmark FTSE ...

It's the twit not the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... LONDON - Europe's major stock markets wavered and the euro tumbled against the US dollar, after a surprise decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to cut its main interest rate to an all-time low of 0.25 per cent. Investors also digested news from ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... (0.20 per cent) to 3,931.95. LONDON - Europe's major stock markets mostly rose on the eve of the latest decision from the European Central Bank, buoyed by hopes of a eurozone interest rate cut. At close in London on Wednesday, the FTSE 100 index of leading ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... manly due to the fact that global markets didn't do particularly well last night," he said. The falls came after the European Union revised downward eurozone growth and employment forecasts. It said growth would amount to 1.1 per cent next year, down ...

Debt, deficit, now deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... unemployment. At 0826 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down five points at 5,412. The European Union cut its 2014 forecast for the 17-member single currency to 1.1 per cent growth next year, down from the 1.2 per ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are outperforming the overall market, despite a drop in base metal prices, after US and European equity markets posted gains, Patersons Securities economist Tony Farnham says. "The major resource guys were well supported ...