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Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Management head of emerging markets debt portfolio management Guillermo Osses. He has positioned the group's funds for a correction and even told existing clients to hold off on committing more capital to the asset class until the US has begun raising ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... to worry. I start to worry because it appears that the bears have capitulated - headlines about a coming significant correction are beginning to thin out. Heck, I even Mark Kiesel, global head of corporate bond portfolio management, on Bloomberg TV saying ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... Virginia, just two weeks ago investors were crying crisis, creating concerns of capitulation and eventually, a major correction in financial markets. But look now... the Dow's closed back above 17K last night and the S&P 500's closed at a new record ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... that could prompt earlier rate hike by the Fed - that instigated speculation that it would be the start of a "major correction" in equity markets. Yeah sure. Two weeks since, the S&P 500's up 1.6% -- not much but also not the 5% - 10% correction being ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... chessboard). A stalemate that'll leave you, I and Irene poorer in the process. Nah, I'm not referring to the market correction that this could precipitate if the big boys get more aggro. I'm looking further out - assuming they don't let the nukes fly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks have dropped, following a sharp fall on Wall Street over fears of a market correction and concerns the conflict in Ukraine could escalate. Analysts cited comments by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Ukraine is set to worsen. US stocks fell sharply overnight with investors also selling shares amid fears of a Wall Street correction. The Dow Jones dipped 0.84 per cent, the broad-based S&P 500 lost 0.97 per cent and the tech-rich Nasdaq fell 0.71 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following the lead of Wall Street which fell amid anxiety about a correction and worries that the conflict in Ukraine could worsen. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... yesterday, I listed the list of crises that supposedly sparked last week's dip and heralds the advent of a more sinister correction in the US equity market. Guess what? Dip buyers only saw the dip and thought it was good and a-shopping they went. This ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
Is this it? Is this the beginning of the end? The start of that big one - the correction - that many have been talkin' 'bout, at the very least, since 2013 became 2014? Perhaps... maybe... possibly. For Houston, we have a problem! Oh sorry Houston ...