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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... the market on Monday closed slightly lower with few leads to work with due to a US holiday on Friday and subdued trade on Asian markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.1 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 5,518.9. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... York, while the pound jumped to a new six-year US dollar peak on expectations of a British interest rate hike. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied after the US said its economy created more than a quarter of a million jobs in June, sending Wall Street ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... happened back in 1997 when Japan last raised the consumption tax from 3% to 5%. It may or may not have been compounded by the Asian financial crisis, but the end result was the consequent drop in consumer spending and business investment sent the country ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... cent and Madrid dropped 0.29 per cent. The euro fell to $US1.3588 from $US1.3606 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed, while the greenback faced downward pressure after the US Federal Reserve indicated interest rates would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... cent and Madrid dropped 0.29 per cent. The euro fell to $US1.3588 from $US1.3606 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed, while the greenback faced downward pressure after the US Federal Reserve indicated interest rates would ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... months helped spark gains in Australia on Monday and in base metals, but US stocks were flat while European markets fell and Asian stocks were mixed. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said he also thought Australian investors had noted with interest that ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... to 2013 asset placements. This includes real estate, private equity, infrastructure, hedge funds and commodities. Amongst Asian sovereigns, 60% are expecting to increase allocations to real estate in 2014 compared to 56% in 2013. Three quarters of sovereign ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... months" from the first-quarter contraction, while household spending and business investment were both rising. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, after the Federal Reserve's comments on the US economy and interest rates. Tokyo jumped 1.62 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... 0.58 per cent to 4,536.07 points. The euro drifted down to $US1.3545 from $US1.3570 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, following a tepid lead from Wall Street ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting, while oil edged ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... These include predominantly African and Middle Eastern economies but also some Latin American, Eastern European and South Asian economies. "The pace at which frontier markets are converging with the rest of the world is incredible," said Forster. "There ...