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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... $1.13 at $92.67, National Australia Bank had shed 45 cents to $38.98, and Westpac had retreated 65 cents to $38.91. A recovery in iron ore prices to above $US50 a tonne overnight boosted the big miners. BHP Billiton added 49 cents to $29.61, Rio Tinto ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... sharp contraction in private investment during and since the global financial crisis combined with the subsequent weak recovery "is largely an advanced economy phenomenon." "For advanced economies as a whole, private investment during 2008-14 declined ...

Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... outlooks for 2015, highlighting a growing preference for Japanese and European equities. These markets have benefited from recovery after weak growth in 2014; profits growth will also likely be supported by yen and euro depreciation due to QE. Standard ...

JPM navigates super funds towards maritime income strategy

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... and other real assets, and a premium yield in an otherwise income-starved environment. The industry is showing signs of recovery and long-term charter rates today allow for profitable employment of shipping assets with strong counterparties. "Ships-like ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... three months on Thursday. All sectors were higher, except gold. Quay Equities managing director David Reynolds said the recovery showed Thursday's sell-off had been over-done and conditions were still supporting investing in equities. The release of ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... but it gives us June as a viable option." Tuesday, 24 March: Fed vice-chair Stanley Fischer in New York: "Although the recovery has been slow, there has been significant cumulative progress. An increase in the target federal funds range likely will be ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... closing high of 5,936.3 points at the end of last week's trade. A go-slow Fed would reduce the risk of derailing the US recovery. As RBA Gov Glenn remarked in his speech before the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia last Friday, "...a healthy ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... earlier than the Fed. He also made this soccer analogy on 14 May 2014 (4 days before my 52nd birthday), "Securing the recovery is like making it through the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. That is an achievement, not the ultimate goal. The real tournament ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... trading before the Federal Reserve wrapped up a key decision rate meeting. The euro climbed to $US1.0655, continuing its recovery after falling on Monday to $US1.0458 - the lowest level for more than 12 years. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly advanced ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... of 15.2 (though this still reads normal palpitation, not fear). You know the drill -- a healthy, strong, sustainable recovery begets... an earlier interest rate lift-off. Estimated time of arrival has been brought forward to June once more - like it ...