China growth stalls, sending warning signals to Australian investors: The world was notified by China on Thursday that they are expecting their GDP growth rate for 2015 to slow to 7.0% from 7.4%. Almost 40 years of exceptionally strong economic growth appears to be re-aligning itself with global growth activity. But the impact on Australia […]
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Should Australian investors be worried about a slowing China: With the ASX200 index falling 9.2% from the August 21st high (as at Monday 13th October), the stock market is on the verge of a technical “Crash”. In fact, year to date the ASX200 is down 3.7%. And without buyers returning, 2014 could be poised to
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Will Alibaba’s IPO cause the US stock market to fall? There has been much anticipation for the upcoming IPO of Alibaba – a (currently) privately owned Internet based e-commerce business resembling eBay/Amazon/PayPal/Google. It is a Chinese based business, which has expanded phenomenally as consumers in China have gained more and more access to the internet
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3 reasons why the stock market could crash in 2014. Doom and Gloom views of the stock market are always an easy sell. Fear is an exceptionally strong emotion, not as predominant as Greed (which influences investors to hold stock even when they are on losing positions), but certainly an instigator for investors to panic
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With the US DOW Jones index falling 324 points or 2.0% on Friday 24th January. Investors have panicked as the Australian Stock Exchange opens following the Australia Day long weekend. By the closing bell Tuesday. The ASX200 index was down 66 points @ 5,175. And after a mild rally, were back at the same point
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China has slowed, but the world is not coming to an end. GDP (Growth Domestic Product) figures released on Monday. And point to continue stabilization of Chinese economic growth. There are fears that the world’s second-largest economy was poise to decline even further from its 3-year GDP peak at 11.9%. But throughout 2013. Annualized GDP
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Throughout last year, many of the naysayers were suggesting that China was about to implode – something that has yet to materialise and to be honest is unlikely to, next year either. As the world’s second largest economy rolls forward. China’s growth has slowed down in recent years – with forecasts around the 7 to
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Our most anticipated outrageous predictions; the Australian Economic Outlook 2014. There is no question that 2013 has been a year of contrasts. Changes and a great platform from which to build into 2014. As such, our forecast for 2014 is far more optimistic than at this point last year. Generally speaking, there is a higher
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Well I guess it depends on who you ask and what you are talking about, but when it comes to Iron Ore, it would seem so! Reports and Research Over the past week, being on the “flying library”, I have had a chance to catch up on a few things, one of which is some
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The past couple of weeks have seen some interesting moves in the Australian/US currency pair (AUD/USD) – first the sell off, then the bounce – what does all of this really mean for you? Australian Dollar – The key factors Interest rates in Australia have been cut pretty harshly by the RBA over the past
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