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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... the precious metal price closing above $US1000 for the third straight day in the US. The gold price rallied after the US dollar fell against other major currencies and a report showed a larger than expected jump in inflation. The spot price of gold in ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... 'beggar thy neighbour' policy could escalate and threaten the fledgling recovery. US authorities are also allowing the US dollar to depreciate and the Chinese yuan is undervalued - both protect their domestic economies while making the rest of the world ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... there is no more need for flight-to-quality bids. These are the reasons used to justify the sharp depreciation in the US dollar. The greenback fell to its lowest 2009 level against the euro overnight, with its trade weighted index dropping to its lowest ...

Lucky country

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... Australia's superannuation and sovereign funds experienced the biggest growth in assets in local currency terms, in US dollar terms, the local super fund industry was second only to Taiwanese pensions funds, which posted more than 14 per cent per annum ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... - The CAC 40 lost 19.81 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 3648.53 points. TOKYO - Exporters were under pressure after the US dollar fell back below the 94-yen level, darkening the outlook for overseas earnings. Political uncertainty also kept buyers at bay ...

Firm hails the next emerging market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Looking for the next investment trend? Eastern Europe could be the answer, with one asset manager's flagship fund returning more than 20 per cent annualised since inception. Michael Hanson-Lawson, chief executive at East Capital Asia, said while a long-term ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... per cent in June. But those who worry about a more sinister bout of deflation should take a look at the depreciating US dollar...and rising petrol prices...and rising prices of other commodities. "Everything I want the world to be, is now coming true ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... to 10 years. This crisis has not been fully cleansed out of the system, he said. He repeated his bearish views of the US dollar, which he believes will approach zero (not overnight, but it will happen) while many Asian currencies will rise on the back ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... repercussions of the massive liquidity injections that have flooded the system on the outlook for inflation and the US dollar. Talk about a perfect hedge!

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... meandering south. There was Japan adding its voice to China and Russia's vocal deliberations to diversify away from the US dollar. There were also US Treasury figures that showed the shortfall on America's budget reached US$1.1 trillion in the nine months ...