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Above trend growth bodes well for commodities

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... expected to benefit commodities prices which have steadied after falling for most of 2012. Interestingly, despite having fallen by -22% from late 2011, the prices in Australia's commodity basket are still 270% above their year 2000 level. As a case in ...

Unloved equities to be re-rated along with risk appetite in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... have always believed a reduction in volatility is a prerequisite to any re-rating in equities. Encouragingly, the VIX has fallen back to around 15% having remained below 20% since July."

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 0.9 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,519.5 points, while the broad-market All Ordinaries had fallen 1.6 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 4,526.4 points. On the ASX24, the December share price index futures contract was two points ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... than doubled. Interestingly, HSBC research reveals that while, outstanding foreign currency bonds as a share of GDP have fallen in China Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, the share of foreign currency bonds issued by corporations has increased ...

Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... ore, hard coking coal and thermal coal are well off their highs while soft commodities like cotton and wheat have also fallen dramatically. "Deeper mines, lower-grade minerals, more remote and challenging locations and shortages of both labour and equipment ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... look at their relative 10-year benchmark bond yields. Since the day of Steen's forecasts, Swedish and Norwegian bonds have fallen by 7 basis points. Swiss ones dropped by 30 bps. Which one's the safe haven? 7 Swiss National Bank (SNB) wins and catapults ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.5 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,447.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 10.8 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 4,462.6 points. NEW YORK - US stocks opened lower amid concerns that politicians ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... S&P/ASX200 index was down 17.6 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 4,439.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 17.7 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 4,455.7 points. On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was 23 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.3 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,382.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 4.2 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4,403.3 points. On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was five ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012