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Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... within hours of each other. Markets would have ignored reports that the US and Europe have expanded their sanctions against Russia. They've been enlarging the bull's eye on their target for the best part of four months now (since March, if I remember ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... international markets after a Malaysian airliner crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine in an incident some Ukrainians blame on pro-Russia separatist forces. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 28 points at 5,455. ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... we'll get to the end of this "considerable period". But "no woman, no cry", more money's coming for the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa - has just built what I call the "R5 - renminbi, rupee, rubble, real, rand - Bank". Which bank? ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... rationales ranging from expensive valuations, slow economic growth (and therefore, tepid earnings growth), geo-politics - Iraq, Russia, Ukraine, Syria - and its effect on oil prices, the Fed is "behind the curve"... name it and you'll find it... a rationale ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Dr. Doom - aka Marc Faber - that a 1987-style crash cometh (yet again). Crimea and the sanctions imposed by the West' on Russia - and Russia's revenge (cutting off gas supplies to Europe) -- and the secession referendum in Luhansk and Donetsk... and ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... In the same way, nearly half of respondents believe China will push forward with economic reform, but only 6% think that Russia will. Despite a recent period of poorer performance, emerging market equities have still outperformed international and Australian ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Tensions continue in Iraq (has it ever gone away?), Russia's building up troops on Ukraine's border (38,000 and counting according to Ukraine) and the IMF has just released fresh forecasts for the US economy (crystal ball now shows growth at a flat ...

Australia among the big guns in millionaire stakes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... countries ahead of Australia in descending order were Germany, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Russia. The total number of millionaire households reached 16.3 million in 2013 - up from 13.7 million in 2012. The highest density ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... keeping company Link Group. The acquisitions expand Orient's global footprint in key European markets such as Germany, Russia, Spain and Italy, adding to its existing capabilities in the UK and France. Formerly known as Capital Precision, King Worldwide ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has pushed above the 5,500 mark at the open on the back of a positive lead from markets in the United States last week. "We've just had a positive lead from Friday's trade. The US just kept ticking along nicely," IG market ...