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Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... the 1st of August when the markets faced the sum of all its fears - Argentina default, Putin, Israel, Iraq, slow growth in China, faster growth in the US that could prompt earlier rate hike by the Fed - that instigated speculation that it would be the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... KONG - Hong Kong shares have closed 0.62 per cent higher, with a surge in telecommunication stocks - prompted by gains in China Mobile - lifting the benchmark index to a six-year high. The Hang Seng Index added 153.58 points to 24,954.94 by the close ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... sector. The move is expected to help lower funding costs for small firms and farmers even though real interest rates in China still remain lower than they are in Brazil, Russia and India, China's BRIC colleagues. The interest rate for those sectors is ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Su-Lin Ong and ASPAC-KPMG head of financial services Simon Gleave. The expert panel debated everything from the slowdown in China to housing bubble fears. Ong expressed concern about a surprise jump in domestic unemployment to 6.4% which she said represented ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... remain in his current role." Blair will continue in full time employment with CBA and will remain in the group's boards in China, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Blair joined CBA in 2006 as chief executive officer of Sovereign Insurance and joined ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... And it looks better for Russia and China price-wise. "The market prices in Russia are three times those in Manzhouli in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region", according to http://www.wantchinatimes.com/. Is this the reason behind China's continued ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... wages and therefore generate a higher level of consumption. "In the past the strategy for investors has been one of 'made in China' but with this inflection point coming, we need to adjust to a new investment philosophy which I call 'made for China,'" ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... despite another strong session on Wall Street led by corporate giants Apple and Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing giant gain 2.6 per cent on the Nasdaq. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... despite another strong session on Wall Street led by corporate giants Apple and Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing giant gain 2.6 per cent on the Nasdaq. ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... inflation. This could also include the use of other unconventional instruments in line with our price stability mandate." In China, this news published last Sunday on MNI's website says it all, "China Fiscal Spending Jumps In June On Government Support ...