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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... will be flowing out of Hong Kong," said Kenny Tang, head of research at Redford Securities. Beijing has hiked rates four times and the amount of money banks must hold in reserve seven times since October as it struggles to contain inflation. Chinese ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... brother, the US dollar. The last time I wrote about the value of Australia's legal tender, I warned that forecasting in quite times is difficult and exponentially more difficult during uncertain times. Predicting currency movements well under any environment ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
"There's a party going on right here A celebration that last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter, too We're gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now." -Kool & the Gang The Fed has spoken and Wall Street liked what ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Easter on a positive note, the NZX50 benchmark index fell sharply in a few minutes from 11.30am and dipped several more times to finish down 5.913 points on last Thursday, at 3,486.483, a fall of 0.169 percent. A total of 24.3 million shares, valued ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
"When I find myself in times of trouble... Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be." - The Beatles Nice song, sound advice but not, it seems, if the French can help it. The International Monetary and Financial ...

Perpetual to debut global resources

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... and sell them when they are at a premium. "That's been our criteria since 1986 and it's served us well through the good times and the bad." The fund is available on Perpetual's Wealth Focus platform and on Macquarie Wrap, and Bruce hopes it will be on ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... guide, the market could be in for a nasty surprise. Despite lifting the reserve requirement and interest rates a number of times over the past few months, lending by China's banks soared by 27 per cent in March from February. Add the 16.6 per cent increase ...

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... domestic equities space. Boutique manager Dalton Nicol Reid said that the market looks reasonably cheap, trading at 11.8 times earnings and expects the market to perform well as prohibitive headwinds dissipate. "Domestic earnings have been impacted by ...

Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... have been chosen. "It's no secret that with FOFA reforms about to move from theory into practice, we have some challenging times ahead," she said. "I look forward to helping our younger advisers navigate those changes." The AFA said the recent national ...

Liquidnet hits $2bn in Q1 trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... best execution for unit holders." Liquidnet's average member trade size during the first quarter was $1.42 million, 156 times the size of the average trade size of A$9,078 on the ASX. The ASX suggests that high frequency trading accounts for 4-5 per ...