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Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... and poor is bigger than ever before, "the voter is angry, and rightly so," he said, speaking at a round table yesterday. China is a "slow moving freight train", weaning itself off its dependency on Australian commodities, Stephen noted. "Australia is ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... I can touch the sky." - R. Kelly Was there anything that materially changed the outlook for economies of the US, Europe, China -- the world -- last week? You betcha Virginia, there wasn't. Yet for all the continued worries over macro dynamics and rumours ...

Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... between 2011 and 2016 the Asia-Pacific region will increase its IT spend by a compound annual growth rate of 8.5%, with China's investment reaching USD$1.78 billion and Japan reaching USD$1.33billion. "Increasing profitability is a priority for all financial ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Don't look now but fresh bad news has just come out of China. This time, however, there was not that "sky is falling" feeling that populates cyberspace each time Chinese economic updates disappoint market expectation. Sure there were the obligatory ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... shares were kept buoyant by lingering hopes for a restart of bond buying by the European Central Bank and new stimulus in China. Tokyo rose 1.88 per cent, or 167.72 points, to 9,092.76, Sydney climbed 1.14 per cent, or 49.0 points, to 4,330.2 and Seoul ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... There were a host of reasons cited for that 'woeful' consumer confidence number in one month - Europe sovereign debt crisis, China slowdown, the high Australian dollar, no more RBA rate cut, carbon tax and as you see in the ABC headline above - our athletes' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... a muted lead from Wall Street, while sentiment remained high on expectations of policy moves by central banks in Europe, China and the US. With few catalysts from Monday, traders watched the release of key data in France, Germany and the US for clues ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... Street finished mainly in the red after disappointing economic data out of Japan and Greece and no stimulatory measures from China. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 38.52 points (0.29 per cent) at 13,169.43, while the broader S&P ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... Street finishing mainly in the red after disappointing economic data out of Japan and Greece and no stimulatory measures from China. At 0753 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4,258. In economic news ...