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Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... hedges against the risk these countries continue to try to reduce their real debt burdens through the debasement of the purchasing power of their currencies." He added that gold will remain in a bull market until debt issues are resolved or a credible ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... Chan said. "It's a bit flat." The BoJ said after the Australian market closed on Thursday it would expand its bond purchasing program in a bid to lift inflation in Japan to two per cent within two years, from an environment of persistent deflation currently. ...

Securities dealer scales back after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... invest $200,000 he received from a client and using it for his own advantage including paying credit card debts and purchasing personal assets.

No end in sight for renminbi rally

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... a year once economic rebalancing is factored in. Briscoe adds that the gap between the US and Chinese economies in purchasing power parity is likely to close in just a few years. Investors can benefit from an appreciation in the Chinese currency by holding ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... "Transparency cannot be an end in itself. We want to make sure that disclosure helps customers make the right decisions when purchasing products and helps the market function more efficiently." Ideas to increase the transparency of the work that the ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... "sequestration" come 1 March. There's Moody's downgrade of the UK's triple-A credit rating to AA1. There's China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index which fell to its lowest reading in four months in February. And yes, there's also the simmering ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... ended 6 February - correct, that was last week) that means they, the ones working for the very companies we're happily purchasing, don't trust the rise and rise of their share prices. Not only that, Mark Hubert also found a pattern. "The last time a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... was flat. Beijing released official figures on Friday showing manufacturing activity had seen a slip last month. The purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 50.4, down from December's 50.6 and below the 51.0 forecast by economists. WELLINGTON - The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... in intra-day trade. Hong Kong shed 0.15 per cent, or 36.20 points, to 23,598.9. In China HSBC said its preliminary purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 51.9 in January from 51.5 in December, its highest since January 2011. WELLINGTON - The NZX50 Index ...