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North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... average," he said. Elsewhere in the region, Rae said that despite growing fears to the contrary he was 'comfortable' with China's growth prospects, but admitted he had no more than benchmark exposure to the region at present. "I don't pay too much attention ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... BHP and Rio, mainly on the back of stronger iron ore prices and some more comforting growth estimates coming out of the China economy," he said. "We've seen a small profit-taking on that basis." BHP Billiton lost 13 cents to $34.64 while Rio Tinto shed ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... market quarterly," Urquhart continued. The fund manager also reassured investors concerned about the recent slowdown in China that the world's second largest economy had reached a comfortable level of inflation and was unlikely to need to 'jam the brakes ...

SSgA invests $50m in Chinese fund manager partnership

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Investment manager State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched a joint venture in China with Zhongrong International Trust (ZRT). Based in Beijing, the joint venture will manage local investment funds on behalf of retail, high net worth and institutional ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... this...Spain's unemployment rate declined to 26.3% in Q2 - the first drop in two years - from 27.2%. Green shoots? Plus, China's started to stimulate and Japan is right in the thick of it. If these positives persist, the Fed could even raise the fed ...

The tale of two PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is a little higher ahead of the release of key inflation figures and data from China. CMC Markets analyst Ric Spooner said the market was waiting for the release of Australian consumer price index (CPI) figures for the June ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... US data dampened positive sentiment earlier brought on by better than expected American blue-chip earnings and news that China may move to stimulate its massive economy. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares finished the day 0.39 per cent lower to ...

Nothing below seven percent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... September. But try as the headlines might, there's nothing negative that they could spin out of the reports that came out of China. Whoops! There's the default one that comes out each time there's good growth news in the Middle Kingdom - that's "you ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... next three-years, at the very least. The three arrows can now fly unimpeded. There's a positive report that's come out of China as well. The PBOC is liberalising interest rates there - it removed the 6.0% floor on one-year loans, allowing banks to set ...