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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... "QE II (quantitative easing round two) is now fully priced in and a tighter interest rate and regulatory environment in China is now priced in," he said. "Now we're looking for the next piece of market moving news." Market volume was very light as big ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... traded. Wall Street and European stocks fell sharply overnight on growing unease over Europe's massive sovereign debt and China's efforts to tackle rising inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 178.47 points, or 1.59 per cent, to 11,023.5. ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... deflation and unemployment in the United States of America with its freshly minted US$600 billion mallet, two heads popped up - China and Ireland - at the same time. The tension is rising, the suspense chilling cause soon three heads - or more - could ...

ANZ invests more in BoT

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
ANZ continues its investment in Asian banking markets with a further $126 million invested into North East China-based Bank of Tianjin (BoT). The latest investment will maintain ANZ's current 20 per cent stake in BoT, which is launching a capital raising ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
"Wall Street drops on China price worries" - afr.com.au. "Wall Street slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via ...

Invesco makes the case for global REITs

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... bottomed, while in emerging markets, an enormous amount of housing and office space will be needed to satisfy demand in China and India, he said. And for the vigilantes spooked by QE2, he said real estate has a good track record of providing investors ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... that its more immediate consequence - US dollar depreciation - hurts America's neighbours. The same reasoning applies in China. It won't revalue its currency because it would create hardship, perhaps even riots, domestically. Never mind that it's undervalued ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... negative repercussions of a weakening US dollar caused by the Fed's early Christmas present of US$600 billion. And yesterday, China's Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. lowered America's credit rating to A+ from AA because of "its deteriorating debt repayment ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... economy. I can't see the economic argument for this move." And for those who are still wondering why America can't force China to kowtow to its demands, here's Schaeuble's take on US foreign exchange policy. " It's not right when the Americans accuse ...

ASF to distribute QFII fund in Aus

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
ASX-listed Chinese investment company ASF Group has signed an exclusive deal to distribute the Marco Polo Pure China Fund in Australia, and is targeting institutional investors for mandates. The Marco Polo Pure China Fund invests in mainland Chinese ...