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Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... "the average reading over the first quarter as a whole (53.4) was the best outcome since the second quarter of 2011"; In China, the official PMI inched up to 50.3 from 50.2 in Feb but... HSBC's final measure dipped to 48 from 48.5; for Japan, the BOJ's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... on Tuesday closed lower despite pulling back most of its early losses after official data showed a slight improvement in China's manufacturing activity. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.6 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 5,389.2 points. The broader ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... Bertoli said the Asian market in particular is very volatile and sensitive to macro events. "Near term economic data in China has the potential to disappoint. However, if you look deeper and understand the factors driving each individual business it ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most of last week's headline space, changes have also been afoot in China. In a statement on its website dated 15 March 2014, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced that from ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... after strengthening 2.9 percent in 2013. The yuan fell as much as 0.86 percent on Feb. 28, the biggest intraday loss in China Foreign Exchange Trade System prices going back to 2007. The drop was also the largest since China unified official and market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Stocks had a strong finish last week, setting three record highs. Investors have been worried this week about a sharp drop in China's exports in February reported over the weekend, which raised concerns that the world's second-largest economy is slowing. ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... 2013); 7.0% in the U.K. (6.0%); 8.1% in the Eurozone (7.0%); 6.4% in Australia (6.0%); 7.3% in Japan (6.0%); and 8.4% in China (10.0%). Most managers in the survey still hold overall bullish views for the next five years on emerging market equities (76% ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Gibbs adds IF the Chinese economy struggles and "... much weaker commodity prices, and maybe a degree of financial stress in China..." (SMH) Goldman Sachs was in on the if's too -- IF "reserve managers at central banks reduce their demand for the Australian ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... meeting scheduled in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Monday closed flat after a slower increase in property prices in China generated anxiety about the strength of the Asian nation's economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 1.5 points, or 0.03 ...