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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... 1,925.69. Shanghai ended flat slipping 0.14 points to 2,302.28, while Hong Kong was down 0.13 per cent in afternoon trade, after China Construction Bank reported its worst quarter in more than five years and China's National Bureau of Statistics revealed ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... out of engines. "Japan and the euro area are throwing up fresh signs of weakness by the day and emerging markets such as China are dragging instead of driving growth. The sense of tumult is being exacerbated by war in the Middle East, the standoff in ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... economy - unnerved market confidence. The spin this time, it was better than the expected 7.2% rate. The beat was helped by China's strong export growth and domestic demand. Say what? We already know this last week, did we not? Fact is I even touched ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... euro slipped to $US1.2724 from $US1.2800 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as data showing China's economy growing at its slowest pace in five years offset another positive lead from Wall Street. Tokyo slipped 2.03 per ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... there's a lot of Chinese data coming out today that will either drive them up or down." She said the key figure would be China's gross domestic production, which is expected to slow to about 7.2 per cent. Among the miners, BHP Billiton was minus five ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... pay particularly close attention to third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data from the world's number two economy, China, on Tuesday. The euro firmed to $US1.2781, compared with $US1.2759 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied ...

QE forever and ever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... of it) and "world peace" (threatened by Putin and ISIS and Ebola and perhaps... the goings-on in Hong Kong - depending on China's response) which threatens "world growth". Cut to the chase and you'll find that - except for HK and Ebola going viral - ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... no slowdown for exports contribute to economic growth. Chinese imports expanded by 7% over the same period - hip, hip... China's still buying from the rest of the world. So too did slowing Chinese inflation data. It's bad... it confirms that China's ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... as such crystallises, it may be no more problematic than the nearly completed tapering process." The committee said that China's economy will continue to slow faster than consensus, but it does not appear to be headed for a hard landing, the committee ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Federal Open Market Committee. Gerardo Rodriguez, senior investment strategist in BlackRock's emerging markets team said that China and other developing economies may lose out as a result of the West's access to cheap technology. "Automation makes the ...