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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... profit-takers moved in after last week's huge gains sparked by the US Federal Reserve stimulus plan. Anti-Japan protests across China also hit shares in both countries, with three of Japan's biggest car makers saying they had closed their factories or ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... RBA to keep rates on hold at current levels when it meets early November, in the anticipation that the policy easing in China will eventually kick-in later this year, and lead to a notional pick-up in demand. "Commodity prices, notably on iron ore and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... tied to Japanese firms worst hit owing to a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo that have sparked protests in China. Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur were closed for public holidays. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 24.88 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 3817.23 ...

Judgment reserved for accused Ponzi head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... attracted into the funds by promises of a stake in offshore investment companies involved in project investment, principally in China. "It is ASIC's case that, in fact, investors' funds were dispersed to various offshore accounts including in New Zealand ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... policies to rein in inflation. Just as it did the two previous QEs, QE3 will work. More so now when all hands are on deck -- China and other emerging markets have now shifted to an accommodative stance and Europe's on OMTs and its ESM approved -- and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... a US Federal Reserve meeting most economists expect will deliver fresh stimulus to kick-start the economy. Comments from China's prime minister hinting at monetary easing also gave a fillip, while traders were confident of a positive verdict in Germany ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... Chinese economy have turned towards the "no hard landing", "stimulus is working" side again. This, after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) reported that new lending jumped to 703.9 billion yuan (US$111 billion) in August - more than the 600 billion expected ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... feedback loop. News out yesterday underlines the monster that a recessionary Europe and a limping US economy have spawned. China's trade figures disappointed. Exports rose by only 2.7% in the year to August - less than already low predictions for a 3.0% ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... In Australia, the market on Monday closed slightly higher as investors digested economic data from the United States and China. On Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose eight points, or 0.18 per cent, to 4,333.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...