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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... managed to hold well above the 5,500 point mark in early trade, IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. "Heightening Ukraine-Russia tensions remain a concern, which is limiting any upside for most of the cyclical stocks," he said. "Most of the resource ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... about the impact of the Ukraine crisis on Europe's largest economy. Germany imports about one-third of its oil and gas from Russia and is Russia's leading trade partner in Europe - its third largest worldwide. Investor sentiment in the EU's biggest economy ...

Leap in appetite for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... from January 2014, despite many investors expressing concerns over China's economic stability and the situation between Russia and Ukraine. The slightly lower fear level corresponds to the high demand we're seeing for international shares."

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... over the past two weeks, continued to show weakness. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets retreated further as Ukraine-Russia tensions and the IMF cutting its forecast for global growth offset robust British manufacturing data. London's FTSE 100 dropped ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... this, despite the unemployment rate still at a high 11.9%... and this, despite the trouble in neighbouring Ukraine and Russia. Similarly, the Eurozone's manufacturing PMI remains in expansion territory (53.0 in March), prompting Markit Economics' Chris ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... beneficiaries of the bounce, after having been sold-off heavily last week amid worries of a new bubble and fears that tensions with Russia could worsen over the weekend. In addition, Federal Reserve Chair Yellen gave the markets support in a speech in ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... by 2% "over the next five years". (Though given recent happenings in Crimea, I'm not sure if Putin's still in this game. Russia's not been kicked out of the G-20... yet). And this month, we got pessimism and optimism rolled up into one. Pessimism over ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... of 7 (G7) as the richest countries in the world. You guessed it Virginia, these are the BRICs - the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. They were all the rage back then, back when they were defying the gravity of the GFC and the European sovereign ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street as Eastern Europe tensions escalate with Russian troops seizing Ukrainian ships and military installations in Crimea. At 0645 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
While Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and re-join Mother Russia - and the tit for tat sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most ...