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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... investors unwound their positions due to mounting uncertainty in Greece going into the weekend. Shares in Hong Kong and China fell over rising concerns about the European debt crisis and expectations of an interest rate hike by Beijing. Hong Kong's benchmark ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... know, the time of the year when most spectacular stock market crashes happen. The US is deteriorating, Europe is imploding, China is tightening and Australian Prime Minister Gillard's approval rating plummets to an all-time low - lower than Caesar's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... Intersuisse director of equities Andrew Sekely said the local market had risen on Tuesday after promising economic data out of China but had fallen on Wednesday despite a jump in US stocks. "It's quite disappointing on Wednesday, considering the lead ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... asset investment in the first five months of 2011. Bu shi ('no' in Mandarin according to google). So no hard landing for China now but what about overheating? Markets just ignored data showing that Chinese inflation rose to a 34-month high of 5.5 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... luncheon. There is no significant equities news scheduled on Wednesday. In Australia on Tuesday, promising economic data from China saw shares stage a turnaround, closing higher despite significant falls earlier in the session. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... my equity market monitor - as it should be. I don't know about you but last Friday's "scare" was apparently triggered by China's lower-than-expected trade surplus. China's surplus widened to US$13.1 bil in May, up from US$11.4 bil in April. Because it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... concerned over the state of the global economy, owing to the eurozone debt crisis and slower growth in the United States and China. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed as more heavy selling on Wall Street, a stronger yen and Chinese economic fears were ...

LGS sees benefits in clean energy co-operation

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... desirable to have the government there as a back stop," said Turnbull. Through managers, LGS has investments in windfarms in China, Europe and the US, as well as other forms of renewable energy such as biomass. In Australia, however, it has found it ...

China not exporting inflation: AMP/AXA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
The investment world has its eyes firmly fixed on China and rising inflation. The ease with which it side-stepped the GFC has investors worried that growing inflation will necessitate strong policy intervention which will inhibit continued growth. "The ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011