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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... Australia, the market on Wednesday defied other Asian markets, rising on the back of strength in the energy and consumer goods sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 41.7 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 5,275.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Consumers in EM, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... prefer to buy brands they know before buying anything cheaper but unreliable. As middle and higher class emerge, luxury goods consumption becomes "a multi-year, multi-country theme." "We have also seen how leisure is not only limited to the emerging ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... Indian Rupee dropping about 15% before recovering slightly. These economies being heavy importers of energy and consumer goods then raised concerns that a bout of inflation could soon be underway, which then drove up their own yields and saw their stock ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... 16 points at 5,172. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade in goods and services data for July. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday lost ground as renewed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... McCarthy said US stocks had been doing well before Kerry's comments, even shrugging off a round of weaker than expected durable goods orders data. "It was the comments by Kerry that appear to have weighed on the market," he said. "He appeared to confirm... ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell following a disappointing durable goods report which raised fresh concerns about the strength of the US economy. The fall was sharply exacerbated when Secretary of State John Kerry ...

Australia, a middle power between China and US

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... Advance head of Investment Strategy and Research Felix Stephen said Australia has an opportunity in China selling consumer goods, but also in the financial services space. "Their financial market is crying out for help and our financial market is one ...

Onto the next worry: Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... board meeting and makes it cash rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June's international trade in goods and services figures and the house price indexes for eight capital cities for the June quarter. Also due out is the ANZ job ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... themselves to unlock better pricing power," he explained. While Asian companies have traditionally settled for manufacturing goods for Western companies, Urquhart explained many recognise there is more money to be made by establishing their own powerful ...