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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... ahead. Australia Headed for Jobs Record, Intensifying Wage Pressures Japan's Economy Grows Faster Than Initial Estimate China November Property Prices Rise at Slower Pace After Curbs Asian Currencies Gain, Led by Korea's Won, on Growth Outlook European ...

Grinch vs Santa

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... are parking their money into the relative safety of the US currency because nothing's well in the world as yet. Look at China, it's tightening monetary policy. Then there's the US bond market. Yields on 10-year benchmark bonds jumped to 3.23 per cent ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... over Scrooge's early assault. Geo-political anxiety over tensions in the Korean peninsula, liquidity tightening fears in China and contagion concerns from the European debt crisis slowly eased by mid-week and replaced by yuletide cheer. And why not? ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... advances will provide the impetus for returns in the years ahead. "Necessity is the mother of invention. If they (India and China) try to grow the way we have it isn't going to work," he said. "My prediction is that there is going to be one more big ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... On Thursday, the Australian share market surged 1.8 per cent to a two-week high on positive economic data from the US and China and the prospect of quantitative easing in Europe. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 89.6 points, or 1.95 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... traded. CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said investors had been buoyed by better than expected manufacturing data out of China, positive comments from the president of the European Central Bank and strong private sector employment data in the United ...

ASX200 to hit 5,600: forecast

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... sustained global and domestic earnings recovery," Boubouras said. Despite the current slump in markets due to European woes and China fears, Cassidy said in a note to clients that he expects markets to shortly resume their upward trajectory due to moderate ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... democratic systems where economic agents act and react according to their best interests. But not for a command economy like China where Beijing dictates what is best. Seen the latest China stats? The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 55.2 in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said investors were still cautious because of debt concerns in Europe and volatility in China. "I don't think there's anything surprising there, and it's certainly not a game changer and not a catalyst in itself," ...

QIC sees stronger Aus equities in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... Large Companies Fund - both of which focus on liquid, large cap stocks. "Broadly speaking, the top down thematic is that China's economic growth is stronger than the government would like, so they are trying to rein in liquidity. The US is doing the ...