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Searching for conviction: Premium China study tour

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... Thousands of Chinese tourists, also present at Beijing and Shanghai attractions, and the number of luxury-brand stores along streets in both cities. Despite the fact that it was merely a snap shot of one part of a vast country, it did not go unnoticed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... scheduled to deliver speech to Mobile and Contactless Payments Australia Conference 2012. In equities news, Genworth's Streets Ahead mortgage market sentiment briefing and Homebuyer Confidence Index is due and National Australia Bank group executive ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Where are they now? Those hard landing-ers? Wall Streets and European equities jumped 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively - on the final day of last week's trading as markets welcomed news that China's economy slowed "as expected" to 7.6% in the year to the ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
All assets with risk attached to them are jumping with joy and dancing on the streets. Global equities - measured by the MSCI All-Country World Index - jumped by 2.3% overnight, the biggest one-day gain since 20 December. The euro hopped above US$1.25. ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... relaxing austere measures. Continue with fiscal tightening and their equity markets go on strike - marching out on the streets along with the general population - as austerity pushes taxes higher, income and consumption and profits lower and general ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Streets lead amid concerns over the upcoming US reporting season, slower growth and the fear of a Spain-driven return to crisis in Europe. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... Those who did in 2011 have a 24.2% gain bringing smiles to their faces. But those who rushed in when fear loitered in the streets back in March 2009 and kept the faith throughout all the bad news along the way are laughing the loudest. From its March ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... protests. ATHENS - Firefighters have been dousing smouldering buildings and clean-up crews are sweeping rubble from the streets of central Athens after a night of rioting. BERLIN - Germany's economy minister has warned against euphoria in the wake of ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... stake. Greece's creditors and paymasters must be careful not to squeeze too hard. Already there have been rioting in the streets of Athens -- compounding the country's depression (both psychological and economic). There might come a time when Greece ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... benefactors want more, more, more? It's not surprising that the Greeks are up in arms. Two days ago, they were on the streets again, and walking out again, resulting in bank and school closures, disruptions to public transportation and minimum hospital ...