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Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... developed-market industrial production has tracked with a 2.4% increase in emerging-market industrial production. "Activity in the advanced economies has only recently stopped contracting, while growth in emerging countries has stagnated. It's little ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... 16.12 points, to 15,381.72, well off earlier highs as the yen made inroads against the dollar in the afternoon. Sydney advanced 0.90 per cent, or 47.6 points, to 5,335.9 and Seoul added 0.62 per cent, or 12.45 points, to 2,006.23. Hong Kong was 0.49 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... Fed's bond-buying could be nearing its end. Tokyo climbed 1.92 per cent, or 289.52 points, to 15,365.60 as the dollar advanced against the yen, hitting a four-month high at one point. Seoul fell 1.16 per cent, or 23.46 points, to 1,993.78. Shanghai closed ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... for a big drop, analysts say. Share prices largely turned lower on Tuesday also as the OECD said that, while growth in advanced economies would pick up speed this year and next, it would do so mostly at a slower pace than forecast as new risks loom ...

Standard Life Inv GARS fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... absolute return over the medium to long-term in all market conditions. It invests in traditional asset classes and also uses advanced derivative strategies to construct a diversified liquid portfolio, which is designed to withstand market shocks. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... 4,000, lost 36.90 (0.93 per cent) at 3,949.07. LONDON - European main stock markets opened the week higher and the euro advanced against the US dollar as dealers took their cue from a record early session on Wall Street. London witnessed some huge gains ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... have US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Janet Yellen to thank for these. The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes may have only advanced a bit - 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively - on this day, the day Yellen voiced out her thoughts at her confirmation hearing before ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... broad-based S&P 500 rose 14.31 (0.81 per cent) to 1,782.00, also a new record, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 45.66 (1.16 per cent) to 3,965.58. Macy's shot up 9.4 per cent after earnings of 47 US cents per share exceeded expectations ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... the 15 years before the 2008 financial crisis" and "means UK is expected to have one of the highest growth rates among advanced economies. It will grow faster than Germany, Japan, France and Canada next year, according to growth estimates from each country's ...

Banks' super products set to be next industry battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
As super funds brace to differentiate their MySuper products from competitors, banks are hoping that advanced technology systems and a large pool of already existing clients will give them a head-start. "If customers already have other products with ...