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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street. The June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,919 points, with 3,353 contracts traded. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Industry Group will ...

All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda joined the "whatever it takes" club on the first quarter, promising to end the country's deflation once and for all time. And it's having its intended consequences. The Bank of Japan's latest Tankan survey showed business ...

Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... 10-years get to zero? Yes, in theory. But as 'Timely Portfolios' pointed out, bond yields in Japan, with its "extended deflation in which stocks and real estate lost 90%" only "went very briefly to 0.47%". My database shows JGBs fell even lower -- to ...

Standard Life Inv advises caution on Japan

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... the world's third largest economy has promised much but delivered only disappointing returns over the last 20 years. Deflation, high debt-to-GDP levels and an ageing economy have severely hampered the stock market since the bubble burst more than two ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... 'The Land of the Rising Sun' as both fiscal and monetary policy go into reflation overdrive - to defeat two decades of deflation and lift the economy from its third recession in four years. Good, good. 'Whatever it takes' policy should put further downward ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... nominee Haruhiko Kuroda announced that, "I would like to make my stance clear that we will do whatever we can do," to end deflation and revive the Japanese economy. Markets now expect that "open-ended" asset purchase programme promised to start next ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... housing market, but Tokyo enjoyed modest gains as the man tapped to become Japan's top central banker vowed to tackle deflation. Shanghai lost 3.65 per cent, or 86.10 points, to end Monday at 2,273.40, Sydney slipped 1.49 per cent, or 75.6 points, to ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... drawn to the prospect of a fundamental turnaround in its economy, only to be disappointed as it sputters and returns to deflation. But Nikko believes now there are a number of reasons to believe that things will be different this time and has joined ...

Big deal day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Ho-hum. Wake me up when it's over. "Twas another ordinary day in the market's today folks. The only news being the long wait for US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. According to Bloomberg, "He will make proposals for spending on ...