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Nothing below seven percent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... under-estimate the astuteness of the powers that be that turned one of the world's basket cases into the second biggest world economy faster than any other is beyond me. But again, back to the point. PM Li's forward guidance indicates that the government ...

Two-fifths of Australians upping overseas exposure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... said the findings reveal Australians are rethinking their long-standing home bias. "Australia is only 2% of the world economy. It's a big world out there and it requires expertise to get around but people are beginning to realise that it's pretty silly ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Oh-em-gee! That slowly revving engine of the world economy is running out of puff. Woe is us, we're in trouble now. Wall Street's down big time - the Dow's down by 0.8% and the S&P 500 slid by 1.1% -- along with Europe (Euro Stoxx 50 off 1.5% at the ...

Falling interest rates undermine seniors' confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... Abernathy told Financial Standard that the rise in sentiment in 2013 could signal a significant turning point in the world economy. Meantime, Fidelity head of Australian equities Paul Taylor said he saw no reason why strong share market performance in ...

2013 a turning point for world economy: Clime

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... early to say that we are out of the woods, but 2013 looks like being a year that may mark a turning point for the world economy and investment markets," he concluded.

Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... portfolio managers Ken Ostergaard and Charl Marais explained their aim to take advantage of structural changes in the world economy that will see emerging market economies outstrip their developed cousins. While the future preeminence of emerging markets ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... 2013, Milligan says it remains worrying that analysts are still forecasting 10% per annum earnings growth. If the world economy remains as sluggish as IMF forecasts expect, he continued, then companies may find it difficult to meet such expectations. ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
"At today's meeting, with prices data slightly higher than expected and recent information on the world economy slightly more positive, the Board judged that the stance of monetary policy was appropriate for the time being." This was how the Reserve ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... share market has opened lower as investors consider the impact of the massive storm in the United States on the world economy. At 1036 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.4 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 4,483.6 points, while the ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... which makes up two thirds of the world's middle class of emerging consumers, remains the key growth engine of the world economy and global wealth," said de Ferrari. Other key findings within the report include: Australia (US$194,000) again tops the table ...