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Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... wrong (again). Oh well, they can always adjust up in April... maybe. The good. Though still in contraction territory, the Eurozone's flash composite PMI improved to a reading of 47.5 in January - the third straight increase and the highest in 10 months ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... markets climbed and the euro gained against the US dollar as traders welcomed positive economic data from China, the eurozone and the US, although Apple shares crumbled on Wall Street. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies jumped by 1.09 per cent ...

Aussie equities to rise another 20% in 2013: Fidelity

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... risk return investment to putting your money in that bank's term deposits even in a lower growth environment." While the eurozone crisis is not over, Taylor adds that there has been an easing of macroeconomic risks with the US and China show more encouraging ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... benign inflation figures give the RBA the rhyme and the reason to slash borrowing costs again if needed. Then there's the eurozone. They're still in recession yes but talks of a crisis or disintegration has died down. So has that of a Grexit. Many are ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... the ZEW economic institute showed that German investor sentiment had risen to the highest levels since the start of the eurozone debt crisis in 2010, soaring to 31.5 points in January from 6.9 points in December. NEW YORK - US stocks opened higher on ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... years remain which signals the potential for additional short term volatility spikes this year, including the unresolved Eurozone debt crisis, the fiscal challenges associated with the US debt ceiling, and uncertainty over China's economic growth rate," ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... 11-month high against the greenback following positive comments last week by ECB chief Mario Draghi on the outlook for the eurozone. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on a lack of direction from Wall Street, but Tokyo hit a 32-month high on hopes for ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... consensus agrees that 2013 would be better than the year just passed. And why the heck not? There's relative calm in the Eurozone. Bond yields of problem sovereigns have come down - way down - as exemplified by the drop in Greek 10-year bond yields to ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... LONDON - European stock markets were mixed while the euro hit a 20-month high against the yen, as traders mulled falling eurozone industrial output while waiting for 2012 earnings reports from US companies and comments by President Barack Obama on the ...

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... 17 European members of the single currency region will be forced to go their separate ways. Guess what? Although, the eurozone wasn't able to dodge a recession, it remains one and Greece has yet to default. Plus, the region's financial markets have stabilised ...