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PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... (contracting) from 51.0 in the previous month. Likewise, the slowing in export orders to 52.2 in March from 53.7 suggests that the yen's depreciation is providing lesser bang. Slowing economic activity would make the BOJ's 2% inflation target that much ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... outside Japan rallied after comments by the US Federal Reserve cooled expectations of an early rate hike, while the euro and yen retreated against the US dollar after racking up big gains in New York. At the close of trade Sydney was 1.86 per cent higher ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... consumer. One specific investment opportunity he highlighted was LCD glass, which is likely to be helped by a weakening Japanese yen. He also backs mature technology stocks in the US such as Microsoft and Cisco which are compelling cheap next to alternatives ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... months, the US dollar has appreciated by 33% against the euro, 26% against the Australian dollar, 21% against the Japanese yen and the Canadian dollar and 15% against the British pound. Over the same timeframe, the US dollar has ticked up by a mere 2.8% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... the European Central Bank's new bond-buying stimulus program and fears over Greece, sent the US dollar surging against the yen and closer towards parity with the euro. Hong Kong slipped 0.75 per cent, or 179.01 points, to 23,717.97 but Shanghai enjoyed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... February. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose following gains in New York. Tokyo climbed 1.17 per cent thanks to a weaker yen. The Nikkei 225 index rose 219.16 points to close at 18,971.00 while Seoul closed 0.73 per cent, or 14.56 points, higher at ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... lower than what it the day before and 8.9% down versus the greenback this year to date. The euro has also weakened against the yen - its main QE rival. Super Mario must be singing and dancing in the streets, his latest plan's playing out as planned... ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... today, the Australian dollar is 0.6% higher versus the euro than it was at the end of January and 1.9% stronger against the yen. Sure, it's weaker against the US$ and the British pound, but the 0.2% increase in the A$ trade weighted index since the end ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Tokyo stocks edged up to a fresh 15-year high, despite profit-taking largely erasing earlier gains that were driven by the yen's fall. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ticked up 0.06 per cent, or 12.15 points, to end at 18,797.94. Seoul ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... congressional testimony also in focus. Tokyo added 0.74 per cent, or 136.56 points, to end at 18,603.48 on Tuesday, as a weaker yen lifted the benchmark Nikkei to a fresh 15-year high. Sydney closed up 0.32 per cent, or 19.02 points, at 5,927, while ...