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Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... table as an increasing number of investors flock to that trade. Instead the group has been adding to its exposure in South Korea and Europe where it believes soon-to-be-launched supportive monetary policies will similarly act as a catalyst for strong ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... index of all first-section shares slipped 0.58 per cent, or 6.76 points, to 1158.27. Markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Singapore were all closed on Wednesday for the May Day holiday. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight after a mediocre report on US economic growth and the latest batch of uneven corporate earnings reports. At 0733 AEST on Monday, the June share price ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... National Bank and the Czech National Bank have boosted their holdings to at least 10 percent of reserves." "The Bank of Korea began buying Chinese shares last year, increasing its equity investments to about $18.6 billion, or 5.7 percent of the total ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... against the euro. You say potato, I say "beggar-thy -neighbour" still. You don't complain if your neighbours (except for South Korea) agree to be beggared, would you now? But whatever, this has emboldened action man BOJ Kuroda to do more potaytos. "Winning ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... GDP scorecard in the first quarter, anxiety over renewed terrorist threats in the USA after the Boston bombings and North Korea's nuclear intimidation. Oh yeah, and of course, there's the slump in gold and other commodities and the price of carbon (interpreted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... bleak macro backdrop combines with wild commodity swings, acts of terrorism and unravelling geopolitical situations in North Korea and Israel to undermine investor confidence." Comments from Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann that Europe's recovery could ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... real economy was not on a solid foundation and remained weak." Selling was also being fuelled by uncertainty over North Korea, with fears that Pyongyang could mark the anniversary of the birth of its late founder Kim Il-sung on Monday by launching a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open weaker after a negative finish on Wall Street. At 0807 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was 19 points lower at 4,997 points, with 3,674 contracts traded. In economics news on Monday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... to end at 22,101.27, but Shanghai eased 0.30 per cent, or 6.58 points, to 2,219.55. Dealers were keeping an eye on North Korea, watching for the expected missile test, while South Korean and US forces raised their alert status to "vital threat" as the ...