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Diamonds are a fund's best friends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... synthetic diamonds, prices for the gem have been rising for more than a year due to a steady improvement in demand from China, India and the US. Zurich-based investment firm, Diamond Asset Advisers is launching the Diamond Asset Fund I of up to US$250 ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... rate hike" into investors' ears. It raised interest rates just last month. If Europe don't get you down, there's always China. Be afraid. Be very afraid for the latest Chinese PMI numbers indicate that the Chinese economy could be slowing. HSBC's preliminary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... shares. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply lower, hit by signs of slower growth, especially in global powerhouse China, and fears that Greek debt problems will spark a new eurozone crisis. A combination of weaker EU data and Friday's Fitch ...

Don't blame China for inflation: AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Lay off China when it comes to global inflationary pressures was a central theme at the AllianceBernstein symposium where clients and industry heads gathered to discuss the changing face of global investing. Discussing the impact of emerging markets ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... budgets, and inflation crippling economies worldwide, from where is growth to come?" Funny that you've forgotten to mention China and India are still growing at near double-digits in the first quarter nor Germany's March quarter GDP racing at 4.8 per ...

Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Increasing demand in years ahead would be driven by population growth and increasingly affluent emerging markets such as China increasing their taste for protein, he told reporters. But all food produced would have to increase to feed an ever-increasing ...

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... said he expected commodity prices to top out, helping emerging market stocks rally. "Most people aren't really aware that China and Brazil underperformed the S&P by about 30 per cent in the last 15 months," he said. Even though those economies had been ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... produced a net 15 per cent return over the past 12 months. IGAF owns 20 planes, which it leases back to airlines such as China Airways, Qantas, Jetstar and Berlin Air. When they are returned they must be in good condition and have the same amount of ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... patriotic. Politicians need to agree to raise the ceiling else Uncle Sam would default on its debts. And that's a bad, bad thing. China, the biggest owner of US Treasuries, would suffer a substantial loss. And that's another bad, bad thing. US Treasury ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... in June. Checked even before the Fed minted the very first QE2 dollar. Greek default and European sovereign debt crisis, China tightening, US debt, US dollar debasement, Japan nuclear crisis, MENA tension. Check, check, check and check. That's why it ...