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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... by 0.12 per cent to 4,157.14 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX gained 0.29 per cent to 7,426.81 points. China's central bank announced on Friday it would raise the amount of money banks must keep in reserve as it struggles to keep inflation under control ...

Asian funds invest more in Taiwan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... the door to a wealth of investment opportunities. While concerns persist in Asian markets over rising inflation and central bank tightening, Taiwan appears to be on the verge of a potentially significant period of growth with the retail and infrastructure ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... shock contraction in the final three months of last year, would likely avoid a double-dip recession. However, the central bank, releasing its quarterly economic report, also predicted annual inflation would hold "well above" its target of 2.0 per cent ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
Dip buyers are coming out on top in the current financial market stakes. Perhaps they're even secretly hoping for a repeat of that 1.8 per cent one-day drop in the S&P 500 index late last month - back when Egyptians first tried to prise Pharaoh Mubarak's ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... has added tinder to the burning coals of inflation speculation. The immediate implication this is that the British central bank needs to lift interest rates to hose the inflation fire down. Financial markets now expect a rate hike as early as May. However ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
I heart the RBA. Who wouldn't? OK, ok... most borrowers perhaps. But in the general scheme of things it's on top of the list on my Valentine's list. The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's February Board meeting is set for outing today. The minutes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... Tuesday continued to worry Hong Kong, as US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke made rare criticism of the Beijing central bank's anti-inflationary strategy. In other markets, Singapore tumbled 1.50 per cent, with Singapore Telecom falling 1.3 per cent ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... remarked that blaming the Fed for rising food and oil prices was unfair. Adding that, "The Fed, like every other central bank, is powerless to prevent fluctuations in the cost of living and increases of individual prices. We do not produce oil. Nor do ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points each, taking them to 3.0 per cent and 6.06 per cent respectively. China's central bank also fixed the yuan's exchange rate against the dollar at 6.5850 yuan on Wednesday, the strongest rate since policymakers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... YORK - US stocks edged higher on Tuesday after a mixed round of corporate earnings reports and a move by China's central bank to control inflation. McDonald's Corp gained three per cent after reporting January sales that were higher than analysts predicted. ...