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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... moved to the euro as ECB chief Mario Draghi warned the political deadlock in Washington could pose a danger to the world economy. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slid 0.35 per cent to 6,437.50 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 shed 0.69 per cent to 8,629.42 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... the European Central Bank. Dealers also tracked developments in St Petersburg, Russia where a G20 summit about the world economy was being overshadowed by rifts over a US plan to intervene in Syria. London's FTSE 100 index rose 0.89 per cent to 6,532.44 ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... limit in mid-October. "The uncertainty caused by putting this off is not good. The anxiety caused to the US and world economy by putting this off until the last minute is not good.A Indeed, such a scenario could undermine financial markets and result ...

US foreign exchange group sets up in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Asia Pacific financial markets is certain to continue and we expect these markets to play an important role in the world economy," Connors said. Founded in 1992, Cambridge Mercantile Group provides global payments and currency risk management solutions ...

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 ...