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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... stocks fell 0.03 per cent to 28,123.82. Chinese shares rallied on hopes of monetary easing following a survey of manufacturing activity that recorded its worst contraction in a year in April. Shanghai added 0.87 per cent to 4,480.46. Tokyo was closed ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... disappointing US data releases in recent times - weak core durable orders for March and a decline in Markit's US flash manufacturing PMI for April reported last week and last night's drop to a four-month low in April consumer confidence - make this highly ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... the 'Tesla Economy' in the US. The performance electric vehicle manufacturer "is at the vanguard of the robotic manufacturing of automobiles, or the innovative use of battery technology, and of upending traditional distribution channels." Tesla primarily ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... hardly the stuff that could bring inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% target. The more up-to-date Markit flash Japan manufacturing PMI - 49.7 in April from 50.3 in March - confirms the weakening momentum in the economy. To wit: "The latest index was the lowest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly risen with another poor reading of Chinese manufacturing lifting Shanghai on hopes for further stimulus while a weaker yen boosts Japanese exporters. Wall Street pushed higher on the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The share market has fallen after the release of weak manufacturing data from the world's second largest economy. Factory activity in China contracted at its fastest rate in a year in April, according to a regular survey by HSBC. The release of the ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... the latest Markit/CIPS UK purchasing managers' index (PMI) surveys. The March surveys' headlines say it all: UK Manufacturing PMI hits 8-month high Business confidence at highest level for just over nine years, despite growth slowdown in March [construction ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... prices of most commodities. This is a major no-no for a resource-based economy like Australia. Needless to say, manufacturing production had been in steady decline (in year-on-year terms) since March 2012. The future looks not any good either. The AiG ...

Vantage launches SMSF-ready private equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... Next Capital and Allegro Funds. These funds have made investments into three underlying companies in the specialist manufacturing, transport services and aged care industry sectors. The investment committee of the fund comprises chairman Rod McGeogh ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... losses, but had fallen further by noon. Commodities were looking very weak and the release of China's latest monthly manufacturing data would be closely watched on Wednesday afternoon, Quay Equities managing director David Reynolds said. "It will be ...