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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... shares in mainland companies shot up 6.2 per cent, feeding on expectations that mainland investors would snatch them as China's move to allow direct offshore investment kicks off this week. The Hang Seng Index finished up 655.84 points at 23,577.73 on ...

Channel 3: Highlights from the 2007 ASFA Budget Luncheon

Economist and company director Don Stammer talks about the China supercycle, the rising cost of beer and what he thinks of Australia's retirement policies. In May this year, Stammer gave an entertaining and insightful speech at the ASFA Budget Luncheon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... slipped after four straight days of sharp rises, but posted their best weekly gain since Oct 1998 thanks to a landmark move by China to allow residents to invest directly in Hong Kong stocks. The Hang Seng Index closed down 45.08 points on Friday, or ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Profits from China's export boom are driving investment and fuelling its phenomenal economic growth, but while the price is right, quality issues go far beyond a toxic toy story. Manufacturing remains China's main growth driver, attributable to its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... helped this week by the US Federal Reserve discount interest rate cut, increasing almost six per cent in the day's trade. China stocks gained 8.7 per cent. The Hang Seng Index ended up 617.53 to 22,346.88 its best single-day percentage gain since October ...

Korea the next big thing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... establishing a long-term relationship with Australian investors." He said institutional investors overlooked Korea at the moment as China and India lured them away. However, he said, "that's not where you find leading technology." "Right now, it's in ...

Surplus surpluses and soaring profits

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... being sustained into 2008. Meanwhile, our big resources customer's economy is still on steroids, and The People's Bank of China has again moved to take some of the pump out of its economic growth. The central bank lifted its one-year lending rate for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... The Nikkei gained 168.86 points to close at 15,901.34 after briefly topping 16,000. HONG KONG - Shares in Hong Kong-listed China companies added 2.9 per cent, but gains were limited after a rally fed by China's move to let its citizens invest directly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... Nikkei gained 458.80 points to close at 15,732.48. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips increased almost six per cent, while China stocks gained 8.7 per cent in the wake of the US Federal Reserve's cut to a key interest rate, a move made to stabilise credit ...

CommSec adds South Africa to BRIC

... a new product with a twist, offering investors the option to invest in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) plus exposure to the commodities-driven of South Africa. "Brazil, Russia, India and China have traditionally been identified ...