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Above trend growth bodes well for commodities

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... a 19 month high - is pointing towards above trend growth. A China-led, global growth story is expected to benefit commodities prices which have steadied after falling for most of 2012. Interestingly, despite having fallen by -22% from late 2011, the ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... per cent, the S&P500 backpedalled 0.63 per cent and the NASDAQ tumbled 0.72 per cent and futures contract prices for commodities such as gold, oil and copper settled weaker. Making news, Caltex Australia flagged a return to profitability in calendar ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... 1.5 per cent, to $62.22. The local bourse got a positive lead from offshore, where Wall Street finished higher and commodities prices firmed. Making news, the owner of the radio station at the centre of the Duchess of Cambridge prank call affair, Southern ...

Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... long-term potential in equities given the evidence that a cyclical upturn is starting to build," Greetham continued. "Commodities should also gain as global growth starts to pick up, while evidence that US banks are starting to lend again should support ...

Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Aluminum, nickel, zinc, natural gas, oil, iron ore, hard coking coal and thermal coal are well off their highs while soft commodities like cotton and wheat have also fallen dramatically. "Deeper mines, lower-grade minerals, more remote and challenging ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... cent, the S&P500 falling 0.52 per cent and the NASDAQ ended down 0.3 per cent. Also, futures contract prices for key commodities such as gold, silver and oil settled lower in US trading. Mr Heffernan said some investors may have chosen to take profits ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... last night. Everyone agreed back then that the extra liquidity would eventually find itself flowing into equities and commodities, did they not? So why, why, why? The answer my friends is not blowing in the wind, the answer isn't blowing in the wind. ...

Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... hic ups but growth is not driven by any one component in these economies," said Ostergaard. "If there is pressure on commodities, for instance, they can find growth in the domestic consumer." In 2011 concerns of a slowdown in China, as well as other ...

Super fund awards natural resources mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... Financial Standard. "It is 90 West's view that these long-term demand drivers, combined with constrained supply for some commodities, provides a favourable investment climate. "Particularly in selective, high quality agriculture, energy and mining shares," ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... have not yet addressed the requirements that will apply after 30 June 2016. Increased investment in some physical commodities, such as bullion, suggests some clients are still looking for an alternative to cash," he said.