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Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... those produce? Duh!... and businesses (mainly miners) are selling their produce... and we all know most of 'em are headed to China. China's still buying despite the slowdown in its economy from 7.7% in the December quarter to 7.4% in the three months ...

ANZ reshuffle drops Australian chief economist role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... series would continue as usual. The recently introduced consumer sentiment surveys in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and China would also remain.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... taking their cue from another record close on Wall Street following improved manufacturing data in the United States and China. Tokyo closed up 0.66 per cent, or 98.33 points, at 15,034.25, the first time the benchmark index has crossed the 15,000 mark ...

Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... said. "In addition, we have had a continual stream of mixed data from key economies such as the United States, Europe and China which is causing investors to consider protecting their portfolios from downside risk."

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... sparked worries over future inflation and distrust over fiat money - and continued strong growth (and therefore, demand) in China and India -- had some 'experts' predicting gold 10,000. Just 13 months ago - in April 2013 - when gold went into a bear ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened slightly lower as weak iron-ore prices and concerns China's softening economy overshadows Wall Street's new highs. US markets performed strongly overnight but the iron ore price continued to fall putting pressure ...

Survey reveals investors greatest fear in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
A hard landing in China is the risk investors are most concerned about in the second half of 2014, according to a recent Credit Suisse survey. The financial services company collected data via snap polls of attendees at its fifth annual Global Macro ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... military coup in Thailand, the advances by euro sceptic parties in the European elections, tensions between Vietnam and China and a slowing China, to name a few worries... there seems to be no worries (looking at the VIX). But looking at the performance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Reserve. Chinese stocks ended up on Friday on selective buying of property shares and technology firms, dealers said. In China the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.66 per cent, or 13.28 points, to 2,034.57 on turnover of 51.5 billion yuan ($A8.98 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... of mostly encouraging manufacturing data out of the US and Europe, the better-than-expected manufacturing figures out of China on Thursday, and the fact that iron ore prices have stopped falling for now. "We've just seen a steadying of the nerves," Mr ...