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Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... growth, reduce corporate profits - equities fall. This logic was there for all to see yesterday after the Peoples Bank of China again announced -its fifth this year - that it' lifting its reserve requirement by 50 bps to 21 per cent effective 18 May. ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... commodities tumble that took US equities down. According to reports, the latest higher-than-expected inflation data from China and Germany and the Bank of England's unease over rising prices point to reduced monetary policy accommodation -- made more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... down 0.14 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stocks mostly rose on Wednesday, but Shanghai and Hong Kong slipped after data showed China's inflation eased only moderately, while a weaker yen sent Tokyo higher. Technology plays were in positive territory after ...

China's HNWs hold $1.2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
China's economy is now advancing so quickly that its high net worth sector is already worth almost as much as Australia's entire superannuation market but growing four times faster. According to research just released by global consultant Bain & Company ...

Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... it! And what do we get when we get inflation? Yup, for sure we'll get higher interest rates. Look at what's happening in China, India and other emerging countries. They've been raising interest rates almost forever to try to bring down inflation. Heck ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... cent to 4,052.51 points while in Frankfurt the DAX rose by 1.23 per cent to 7,501.52 points, reversing losses on Monday. China's trade surplus ballooned to $US11.4 billion ($A10.59 billion) in April and exports hit a record monthly high, data showed ...

HSBC targets planners with Asian wide product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Series Asian Equity Investment is a structured product offering capital protected exposure to equity markets in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand and India. HSBC is providing a growth or income version of the product. "With Asian economies ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... pieces appear to be falling the A-dollar's way at this point in time... making their rationales seem rational. They point to China and India's gluttonous appetite for commodities and the greenback's faltering glamour. That may be... for now. For like ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Tinto Ltd, Alumina Ltd, IRESS Market Technology Ltd and Santos Ltd hold annual general meetings. In Perth, the Australia China Business Council will hear an address by the Federal Minister for Trade, Craig Emerson. Fairfax Media Ltd chairman Roger Corbett ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... US economic growth or deduct another iota from Uncle Sam's debts? Can it reduce the strain on Europe's sovereign debts or China's rising inflation? Can it solve Japan's nuclear disaster? Can it vanquish Qaddafi? Can it stop the protests in the Middle ...