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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... revenues fell below expectations and it said it was investigating possible corruption in its operations in India, China and Brazil. At the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 28.49 points (0.23 per cent) at 112,542.46. The broad-market S&P ...

Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... explained Marais. While the managers conceded there would be short-term challenges to the growth of economies such as China, Brazil, Russia and India - significantly subdued demand from the west, they had the means, scale and opportunity to refocus their ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... equities, China exposures led, followed by broad emerging market exchange traded products (ETPs). Central banks in China and Brazil have aggressively lowered interest rates in 2012. Investors hedged risk by putting money into gold as Gold ETPs attracted ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... these treats even before the Fed's QE3, the ECB's OMTs, the BOJ's APPs and recent interest rate reductions in Australia, Brazil and South Korea have fully work their way down through the real economy.

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... international trade. These are the very same reasons behind yesterday's interest rate reductions by the central banks of Brazil and South Korea. The Banco Central do Brazil cut the Selic rate by 25bps to 7.5% -- the lowest since December 1997 - and promised ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... year, they didn't do that. The most well-known of course is the Fed's QE3 and Super Mario's OMTs, but China, Japan, the UK, Brazil and the RBA, among others, have implemented their own counter measures. The IMF's official global growth downgrade signals ...

Don't overlook South America as an EM: MFS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... countries, this combined sector is slightly bigger than Australia's securities market, however at 80% and 17% respectively, Brazil and Chile dominate the market. South America's emergence as a resource and energy superpower to match and even challenge ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... seems that the rising tide does not lift all boats equally. Take the case of the BRICs for instance. The equity markets of Brazil (up 3.1% to date), Russia (up 2.7%) and China (up 2.4% from 5 September to 28 September - it's on holidays this week) have ...

Emerging market PE numbers on track

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... amount of deals done in China decreased, this was offset elsewhere, in greater Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Brazil. Latin America is just one of many markets, but conditions on the ground mimic those across much of the emerging world, said ...

Quest for lower volatility spurs new Aus EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... return and, most importantly, its downside potential." The three portfolio managers for the strategy are Luis Oliveira from Brazil (based in Europe), Laurentius Harrer from Germany (based in the US) and Shaw Wagener, also based in the US. The fund being ...