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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets after a Malaysian airliner crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine in an incident some Ukrainians blame on pro-Russia separatist forces. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... amass troops in the Ukrainian border (this is still on-going). Still on-going is Syria, China-Vietnam/Japan/Philippines/Malaysia tit for tats over a few pieces of rock floating on the ocean... and currently showing at a theatre near us, Iraq. Yes Virginia ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... history? We had lotsa lotsa "major geopolitical events" - September 11, North Korea nukes, Thailand coup, China-Japan/Malaysia/Vietnam/Philippines island dispute, Ukraine - yet the S&P 500 index continues to break records. But let's just concentrate ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... Yet despite this deceleration, the country's economic growth remains faster than that of its peers - Thailand (0.5%); Malaysia (5.1%); Indonesia (5.7%). Who's the "Sick Man of Asia" now? Increased optimism over the Philippine economy is clearly apparent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... ever-so-slight expansion, it will probably push us back into the red. "It's also May Day, so Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia are all shut, as well as Europe, so there will be light volumes. "All of that could spell a little bit of red towards ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... financial goals. The survey, which was conducted in 22 countries, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore in the Asia Pacific region, revealed that fewer investors are planning to make changes to their investment ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the lower open was "a no-brainer". "There's just a raft of negative factors just weighing ...

Market wrap open

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the lower open was "a no-brainer". "There's just a raft of negative factors just weighing ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... categorisations. ARC Ratings, formed in 2008, is a joint venture ratings agency network between smaller firms that include MARC from Malaysia, the CPR ratings agency from Portugal, SR from Brazil, CARE from India and GCR from South Africa. ARC has a ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... I bet many would disagree with me on this but I have always admired then PM Mahathir Mohammad's methods in addressing Malaysia's version of the 1997/98 financial crisis. Mahathir imposed capital controls - limiting the flow of hot money out of the country. ...