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Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... might want to include Ruchir Sharma's opinion piece in the Financial Times arguing that QE drives greater increases in commodity prices than they do stocks - and higher commodity costs (like food and oil) are a tax on "poor families". And how about the ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... credit growth running at 35-year lows and decelerating, a slowdown and likely reversal in Terms of Trade from record high commodity prices and in the absence of further Chinese stimulus (which arguably did more than all the endogenous stimuli post GFC) ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... Bernanke' elocution at Jackson Hole. So far so good. Gauging from the financial markets' reaction - equity markets up, commodity markets up, Treasury yields down -- they like what they heard, the sound of QE, that is, and it's coming soon to a theatre ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... manufacturing (PMI) index for August. And, the ANZ job advertisements series for August plus the Reserve Bank of Australia commodity prices for August are also expected to be release. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday ...

Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... improve in full year 2013. Unsurprisingly, resources remain the key driver (-25%) as earnings have slid in line with commodity prices, without any of the usual cushion from a softer AUD. Deutsche Bank expects investor eyes to be focused on the full year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... that's taking cash straight out of the market," she said. Ms Roadley said mining and energy stocks were stronger as commodity prices rose overnight on the back of expectations that China might come through with more stimulus in the next few days, and ...

ILB manager Ardea launches new fund

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... main causes for higher inflation in Australia to a close integration with rapidly industrialising Asia, high global commodity prices - not just for mining, but for food and farming land as well - and the lasting inflationary legacy of policy decisions ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... appetites for commodities (outside of corn, wheat and soybeans). But there are a few who talk about the A$ decoupling from commodity prices. Here's how Bloomberg saw it 5 days ago: "Commodities are losing their influence over currencies of nations that ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... worry about inflation and/or rising interest rates and/or a potential bust. Recall too that back in 2009 when equity and commodity markets were surging, markets found something to worry about, it was Dubai World and its debt blowout. Then it was the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened almost 1% higher as investors snapped up resources stocks following commodity price rises and gains on Wall Street. At 1010 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 36.5 points, or 0.89 per cent, at ...