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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... 50.98 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 6,467.49. PARIS - The CAC 40 shed 91.94 points, or 2.03 per cent, to 4,447.13. TOKYO - Japanese share prices closed up 0.64 per cent on Wednesday, bouncing off a five-month low as investors cheered a drop in oil prices ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... said. Among his best calls during the year were French stocks Vallourec and CAP Gemini, German fertilizer company K+S and Japanese bakery giant Yamazaki Baking. This year, Carter and his team are watching Brazil closely while shying away from "highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... points, or 1.51 per cent, at 6,518.47. PARIS - The CAC 40 gained 66.94 points, or 1.50 per cent, to 4,539.07. TOKYO - Japanese share prices fell 1.75 per cent on Tuesday, hitting a five-month low after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's abrupt resignation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... a point, or 0.01 per cent, to 6,421.80. PARIS - The CAC 40 fell 10.47 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 4,472.13. TOKYO - Japanese share prices closed down 1.83 per cent on Monday, ending below the 13,000-point level as losses on Wall Street and a stronger ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... not worse, than Hurricane Katrina. Japan: This week will be a relatively quiet one for Japan in terms of economic data. Japanese capital spending and labour cash earnings are the major reports due out. Capital spending is forecasts to show a 0.2 per ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... reflected in the FOMC August meeting minutes. Japan: Inflation and employment figures will be the focus of attention for Japanese financial markets this week. Headline Tokyo CPI is expected to increase by 1.6 per cent in the year to August with the core ...

Advisers snub commission-free ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... is a currency risk involved in offshore index based ETFs, as movements in the value of the Australian dollar and the Japanese yen exchange rate could change the index value expressed in the Australian ETF.

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... on interest rates and the minute of the Reserve Bank of Australia's August monetary policy meeting. Markets expect the Japanese central bank to keep interest rates steady at 0.5 percent and ignore high inflation as it tries to steer the economy away ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... points, or 0.31 per cent, higher at 6,442.21 PARIS - The CAC 40 rose 17.94 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 4,420.91. TOKYO - Japanese share prices closed down 0.51 per cent on Thursday, amid fresh problems in the US financial sector and the domestic real ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... domestic economy. Exporters' shares suffered after the US dollar fell back below the 109 yen level, dimming prospects for Japanese companies' overseas earnings. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 280.55 points to end at 13,023.05. ...