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Mid-Week Comment March 10: Asian REITs outperform PDF Print E-mail

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Written by Goola Warden   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:08

SO FAR, Asian stock markets have been going nowhere this year. Year-on-year though, the STI has almost doubled, the S&P500 is up 69%, and the FTSE All-World Index up 75% in US$ terms. Not surprising then that after such a performance, markets are taking a breather.
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:18
 
Bob Doll: Markets caught in crosscurrent PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bob Doll   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 09:54

THE MILD SETBACK for US equities of late could be attributed to a combination of fierce winter storms in the northeastern US, ongoing concerns about economic growth and the prospects for hiring and some disappointing consumer- confidence figures. For the week ended Feb 26, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.7% to close at 10,325, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined 0.4% to 1,104 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 0.3% to 2,238. With these declines, US markets are now down roughly 1% for the year.
 
Why Hong Kong’s property market will stay frothier than Singapore’s PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sunita Sue Leng   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 10:08

FOREIGN MONEY, escalating home prices, locals feeling priced out of the market, cooling measures. This isn’t just happening in Singapore, it’s also hitting Hong Kong. In both cases, a global economic upswing plus a loose monetary climate have triggered an inflow of money desperately looking for returns amid near-zero nominal deposit rates.
 
Lim Yin Foong: The new face of British banking PDF Print E-mail

Tags: Barclays | HSBC | Lloyds Banking Group | Royal Bank of Scotland | Santander

Written by Lim Yin Foong   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 10:02

IMAGINE A BANK that operates seven days a week, where you can open a bank account in 15 minutes and receive your credit card, debit card and chequebook immediately. Standard practice in Asia, you may say. It’s expected of our banks, you may add. Here in the UK, however, where consumers have resigned themselves to dreadful service levels and appalling lead times — up to 10 days to receive one’s cards and chequebook — such instantaneous, customer-focused service is nothing short of phenomenal.
Last Updated on Saturday, 06 March 2010 10:07
 
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