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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... points, to 21,976.10 and Shanghai gave up 1.03 per cent, or 21.09 points, to end at 2,033.30. Taipei dipped 1.58 per cent and Manila fell by 1.78 per cent. In New York on Friday, the Dow sank 1.96 per cent, the biggest percentage point fall since June ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... and a local trend for Japanese consumers to prefer local stores to supermarkets. The fund also has a sizeable position in Manila Water, a utility company in the Philippines which is winning water and sewerage contracts all over the Philippines, Vietnam ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... recently upgraded the country's credit rating to one notch below investment grade. That'll mean even lower interest rates for Manila's borrowings - not that it needs that much anyway. The Philippines' debt-to-GDP ratio has steadily come down from 71.4% ...

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Among stocks in the portfolio currently are US Home Builders (US, 6.08% of portfolio), Japanese Drug Stores (Japan, 2.61%), Manila Water Company (Philippines, 2.38%), Daiichikosho Co (Japan, 2.25%), Indian Non Bank Finance (India, 2.22%), Valero Energy ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... markets and the slimmer 4.4% on emerging ones, but not those who bought Philippine equities. Over the same period, the Manila Composite Index has risen by 22.7%. And that's still not counting the extra gains (for offshore investors) from the peso's 4.8% ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... certain, it's volatility. It'll be here. It won't go away. More so this year -- the "Year of the Dragon". For according to the Manila Bulletin, "The Year of the Dragon is a flowing river, not a stagnant lake... It may also bring about unpredictable events." ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... predicted in April. The ADB's conclusion: Growth will remain healthy in the region despite global woes. Having been to Manila - one of the laggards in Asia - recently, I can attest to this. There's no talk about the ailments afflicting America and Europe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... Wednesday after the US said it would hold rates at record lows for two years. In other markets, Taipei fell 0.22 per cent, Manila closed 0.49 per cent higher, Singapore lost 0.88 per cent, Kuala Lumpur ended down 0.27 per cent, Bangkok rose 0.18 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... helped to cool the selling frenzy. In other markets, Singapore closed down 2.18 per cent, Taipei surged 3.25 per cent, Manila closed 3.20 per cent higher, Kuala Lumpur ended up 0.57 per cent, Jakarta rose 3.44 per cent, Bangkok rose 1.69 per cent, and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... amid hopes that the price rises had levelled out and the government would ease up on its rate hikes. In other markets, Manila ended 4.02 per cent lower, Kuala Lumpur ended down 1.66 per cent, Jakarta shed 2.99 per cent, Bangkok plunged 3.31 per cent ...