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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... problems with unemployment. Mr Shamu said that figures from the US showing a fall in consumer confidence, and data from China showing that profits in the country's industrial sector fell 5.2 per cent in the first two months of 2012, had not had a significant ...

China FUM rise challenges Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Australia and Japan currently make up half the Asia region mutual fund market, but China's rapid rise could change the dynamic and create new opportunities for investment managers able to tailor their distribution models. Mutual fund assets across the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... 378.05 points, to 21,046.91 but Shanghai closed 0.15 per cent, or 3.42 points, lower at 2,347.18 due to ongoing concerns over China's economy. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose on Tuesday, joining as global rally sparked by Federal Reserve chairman ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... Qantas also rose significantly after it announced it would set up a Jetstar Hong Kong airline offering budget flights in China. At 1022 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.1 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,278.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... US housing sector and negative forward indications provided by the drop in the flash PMI estimates for the Eurozone and China. But in spite of these alleged concerns, Wall Street finished the last trading day of the week as it started - on the up. But ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Australian investors should think about price and the risk-return rewards of investing directly in China, according to one fund manager. "If you look at the Australian economy, it's very much a commodities economy and the growth and wealth generated ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... European stock markets fell on news that euro zone private sector activity fell more sharply than expected in March, while in China manufacturing activity fell to a four-month low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 78.48 points (0.60 ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... with an up Monday, cheered by Apple's dividend and buyback announcement. But that was about it. Tuesday was down because of China concerns. Wednesday was down because of less than expected US existing home sales. Wall Street was down again last night ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... globe rose three per cent in 2011 to $US32.6 billion ($A31.27 billion), largely because of growth in booming markets like China. PARIS - Hermes is the latest luxury products group to show that economic crises can have silver linings, announcing record ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... 13,124.62. More important data is due out of the US this week, including jobless figures, along with manufacturing data out of China on Thursday. CMC Markets sales trader Miguel Audencial said that while the US data was worse than expected, seasonal ...