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This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" (Bloomberg) "Increased Ukraine worries hit stocks, drive up yen" (Reuters) "Equities plunge on rising risks in Ukraine" (AFR) ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... (RBNZ) Graeme Wheeler to us. And heavens bless his soul, else I would be stuck repeating the oh so many iterations about China, Russia/Ukraine/US, Euro deflationary threat and Japanese consumption tax threat. Yes Virginia, the RBNZ exited the club - ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... down four points at 5,369. Analysts said falling copper prices had continued the pressure after weak economic data from China. Copper on Tuesday fell 2.6 per cent. The fall came a few days after China data showed that the world's second-biggest economy ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The share market has opened lower as concerns about China's economy and falling commodity prices continue to weigh on investors. There was also a weak lead from Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.41 per cent, continuing the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... "psychological resistance" to new records. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed as traders assessed unease over China and Ukraine in the absence of major regional data releases, analysts say. London's FTSE 100 ended Tuesday with a slight ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... years to a record 16,452.72 points. And this, in the midst of the on-going Russia-Ukraine tension, renewed concerns over China growth... and the recent fall in commodity prices - mainly iron ore and copper -- the risk to Japanese growth after the consumption ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... no-brainer". "There's just a raft of negative factors just weighing on sentiment to open up the week," he said. "We had the China data showing a sharp drop in exports, we have the Ukraine situation starting to flare up again, with Russia continuing to ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... performances on international markets on continued tension between Russia and and Ukraine, and disappointing economic data from China and Japan. At 0827 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,421. Beijing ...

market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... with 12,947 contracts traded. * National turnover was 567 million securities worth $1.3 billion. AAP peb/dmc Headline: FED:China data drags shares down