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Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... and increase the monetary base "at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen". Gauging by the recent performance of the currency and stock markets, it certainly has no reason to countenance an adjustment at this time. The yen has depreciated sharply from ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... to credit bonds. There are parts of the credit complex that add value. We quite like parts of the emerging market hard currency debt complex, particularly some of the oil importers, or some of those places that get a boon from the fact that the oil prices ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... States. That would probably occur alongside an appreciating US dollar. So the distribution of credit risk and foreign currency risk will be of considerable importance. One can easily see why investors could become less forgiving of borrowers on a shaky ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Australia's terms of trade and negative implications for economic growth (and therefore, employment) -- we need a weaker currency for sure and for certain. This suggests that the RBA is still in play. Fortunately for us, for Gov Glenn and his bunch of ...

China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... with these things - one of the issues China has is it doesn't have deregulated interest rates or a fully convertible currency. The economy is managed by a series of blunt instruments which are often difficult to get right." Smith's belief is that further ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... relatively weak - the US dollar index was around 75 at the time, it's now around 99.5 (a 33% appreciation!). So now China's currency is appreciating +/-2% along with the soaring greenback. Over the past 12 months, the yuan's risen by 20% against the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... 12,338.73 points. The CAC 40 in Paris however rose 0.26 per cent to 5,254.12 points. In foreign exchange, the European single currency fell to $US1.0583 ($A1.38) from $US1.0599 late in New York on Friday. China's customs administration said exports fell ...

Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... earnings growth in the US and UK, supported by strong domestic economies, both of these markets are affected by a mixture of currency strength, low commodity prices and - looking ahead - some monetary tightening." Credit Suisse global equity strategist ...

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... platform. Established in 2006, Market Vectors has ETFs that cover multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and currency markets. The four ETFs now available on FirstWrap are the Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF, Market Vectors ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... August 1997 - a month and a bit after the official handover - before losing as much as 46% by October as the Thailand's currency crisis engulfed more and more Asian nations. That is now but a distant memory and instead of dragging HK down, China has ...