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How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Power. Power presented an analogy where emerging markets were at the mercy of two tides - liquidity, governed by the 'American moon', and commodities, ruled by the 'Chinese moon'. By grouping countries according to key economic characteristics, investors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... closed down 0.51 per cent at 9,749.54 points. In London deals, Rio Tinto shed 3.79 per cent to 3,058.50 pence and Anglo American lost 3.09 per cent to 1,426.50 pence. However, the biggest faller was Tesco, which closed at a hefty loss of 11.59 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... 15,970.50 around noon. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket has dropped from a record, led by Xero after its North American chief executive resigned half a year into the job. The benchmark NZX 50 Index fell 28.259 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 5223.965 ...

AMP Capital invests in North American renewable assets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
AMP Capital has grown its global infrastructure debt platform, forming a new partnership with Alterra Power Corporation. AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has arranged and structured a C$110 million subordinated loan for Alterra, a leading global ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... U.S. equity benchmark has advanced for the past three weeks and more than $900 billion has been added to the value of American equities". The 2,000-point mark is a significant milestone - one that would turn it from a resistance level into a support ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... remain low for a "considerable time" script of days passed. Investors are hapeee! How happy? The latest survey by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) shows how happy: "Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over ...

Licensees must be more open to social media: AFA

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... she said. In the US it is a different situation where regulatory barriers have slowed advisers' use of social media, American financial planning commentator Michael Kitces told the summit. "Official guidance has slowed the growth of social media in the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
The Australian share market is slightly lower, as investors digest the impact of Argentina's debt default and US and European Union sanctions against Russia. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the market was relatively quiet as it tried to balance ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... 10.93 per cent, at $10.59 after the insurer flagged a slide in its first-half profit linked to problems with its Latin American operations. Among the major banks, the Commonwealth Bank was up 34 cents at $82.34, ANZ had found four cents at $33.56, and ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... been a surer way of making money." Bloomberg also added stats to this observation: "Declines in the benchmark gauge for American equity are lasting an average of 1.5 days in 2014, the shortest since at least 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...