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AustralianSuper posts double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... year-to-year fluctuations and remain focused on the long-term performance," Delaney said. "The path to global economic recovery remains uneven, highlighting the reason for members to maintain a long-term focus." Returns on the balanced investment option ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... 6.96 per cent, with mainland markets pummelled by profit-taking and margin traders calling in their bets. Despite a mild recovery in early afternoon exchanges the two indexes closed sharply lower again. Shanghai slid 5.77 per cent, or 225.85 points ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... that citizen parties will not be "as extreme in Italy and Spain, just because these economies are showing real signs of recovery." An increasing number of investors seem to think that there is a possibility that Greece will exit the Eurozone - the so-called ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... opportunities for investors." But in the same article, Reuters quotes KBC senior economist Koen De Leus saying that "Tuesday's recovery is not sustainable"... "I see another correction of at least 5 percent in the coming weeks as it seems that Greece ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... and reignites worries about the country slipping into a painful spiral of deflation, which could further drag on any recovery. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by MightyRiverPower, Contact Energy and Spark New Zealand, as investors pondered ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... one US dollar to as low as 16,745 a year later - that's 85.5% depreciation. This helped set Indonesia on the road to recovery. Not so for Greece, the single currency's not doing it for them. The euro has depreciated by only 7.4% against the US dollar ...

Buy-back boom driven by loose Fed policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... liquidity for corporations seeking to borrow cheaply in the capital markets," Rieder said. In the early stages of this recovery, many corporations sensibly used access to inexpensive debt to term-out existing debt and to raise cash cushions on their ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... also confirmed its growth forecasts and raised its inflation forecast, while survey data suggested that the eurozone recovery is continuing. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell on Wednesday, while the euro edged higher following upbeat eurozone inflation ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... "While the economy still looks set to rebound from the decline seen in the first quarter, the extent of the second quarter recovery therefore remains highly uncertain and could well disappoint." The ISM manufacturing index rose to 52.8 in May - better ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Lift-off here we come. US monetary policy would start normalising again against a background of a stronger, sustainable recovery. Hip, hip. But wait, hold your horses... the Dow, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and the Russell 2000 don't seem to like it - all ...