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Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... exports 70.3% of its total goods and services to America. Perhaps, most countries need to "double seasonally adjust", ey? With China also slowing, it'll be baby, what a big surprise if Australia's GDP growth does not show the same slowing trend when ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... clocked up a ninth straight gain thanks to a weaker yen and Shanghai has jumped for a seventh session as investors bet on China unveiling more economy-boosting measures. However, most other markets in Asia have retreated following a sell-off on Wall ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after US and most European markets were closed for public holidays on Monday. At 0655 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,722. Paris' leading CAC ...

Hard landing in China could trip Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The Australian economy risks stumbling if China slows down too fast or ends in a hard landing, Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Sean Fenton said. Fenton alerted that in China "there are real risks there that the slowdown in growth becomes ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... topping earnings expectations. It reported profits of $US2.03 per share, compared with the $1.55 projected by analysts. China's eLong surged 8.7 per cent after US online travel company Expedia announced it had sold its majority stake in the company to ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... their highest in three years. Japan's manufacturing PMI edged up from 49.9 in April to a barely positive 50.9 this month and China's contracted for a third month to 49.1 in May but above April's print of 48.9. Yes Virginia, it's the state of the planet ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... most of the major banks, and the big miners found support from investors betting on further economic stimulus measures in China. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 52 points, or 0.93 per cent, to 5,662.3 points, and the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Bargain hunters have pushed the share market higher as investors bet on further stimulus measures in China. Options XPress analyst Ben Le Brun said all sectors were performing strongly. "Buyers are coming in to support these levels,"A Le Brun said. ...

AMP Capital in the hunt for new CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... in the strategic alliance with the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) in 2012 and the relationship with China Life Insurance Company.

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... stronger and much closer to the economy's sustainable rate of trend growth". Damned lies, stats and seasonal adjustments. China's been accused of fiddling with its stats almost forever, just yesterday I scribbled about the BOJ believing its own lies ...