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US-China trade war worries are 'overdone,' says CEO

9/10/2018, 3:39:36 AM
Worries about the U.S.-China trade war are overdone because the impact on China will not be as immediate and challenging as investors may expect, says Jonathan Slone, CEO of brokerage and investment group CLSA. ✔ Investors are beginning to understand the picture is much more complex than just this noise that we hear over trade, he said ✔ Don't forget they have a demographic challenge, so they're actually changing their industrial policy to fit in with the secular change you're seeing in those overall trade negotiations


Trade war fears scupper Volvo Cars initial public offering

9/10/2018, 1:15:09 AM
undefined ✔ Like all large car manufacturers, Volvo is facing potential disruption to its business from the global trade war that has seen the US threaten to ramp up tariffs on automotive imports from Europe and China ✔ Volvo is still pursuing an ambitious midterm plan to double sales and raise profit margins by 50 per cent by the middle of the next decade, while expanding its fledgling subscription service and selling more vehicles to ride-hailing fleets


South Korea and Indonesia seek tie-up to sidestep trade war fallout

9/10/2018, 2:07:23 AM
Jokowi is in Seoul for talks with Moon as South Korea looks to ASEAN ✔ Shin also pointed out that bilateral ties are helped by the popularity of Korean dramas and pop music among young people in Indonesia ✔ More than 10 South Korean artists, including boy band BTS and singer G-Dragon had concerts in the country last year ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


Asian shares on slippery slope as Trump ups ante in trade war

9/10/2018, 1:59:32 AM
Asian shares started the week in the red on Monday, faltering for the eighth straight day while the dollar held on to recent gains as U.S. President Donald Trump raised the stakes in the heated trade dispute with China. ✔ Also weighing on global shares was the prospect of faster rate rises by the Federal Reserve after data on Friday showed U.S. jobs growth accelerated in August and wages notched their largest annual increase in more than nine years ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Military Spending Boosts an ETF

9/10/2018, 2:04:27 AM
Spotlight: iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense has surged over the past year, but trade-war fears are tempering optimism. ✔ The largest aerospace-and-defense exchange-traded fund has surged over the past year, though analysts say global trade disputes are tempering optimism for the sector ✔ Boeing, for example, has estimated that Asia-Pacific will soak up 40% of airplane deliveries from 2018 to 2037


Hubris and hegemony the bane of US policy - Opinion

9/10/2018, 12:13:15 AM
undefined ✔ The US has always excelled in using its hegemonic power to prevent people in other countries from choosing their path of economic development and way of life ✔ The author is an associate professor at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures at Xiamen University, Fujian province


8@eight: ASX set to fall again as negativity reigns

9/9/2018, 10:08:04 PM
What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX. ✔ Following the end of the so-called consultation period for the proposed $US200 billion ($281 billion) worth of tariffs from US President Trump’s administration on Chinese imports, US President Trump informally announced his intentions to slap tariffs on additional $US267 billion worth of goods


Trump: Ford can build Focus in U.S. Wrong, Ford says

9/9/2018, 11:10:53 PM
Ford canceled plans to import a car from China because of tariffs. Contrary to Trump's tweet, the carmaker says it can't make money building it here. ✔ President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the American Center of Mobility, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Ypsilanti Township ✔ It’s too costly to build that car here and they weren’t planning to ✔ General Motors has petitioned that the car be excluded from tariffs on Chinese-built products


Apple suppliers wobble after Trump broadside

9/10/2018, 3:48:11 AM
undefined ✔ Shares in Apple’s Asia-based suppliers were under pressure on Monday after Donald Trump suggested the tech giant should move production to the US to avoid a proposed hike in tariffs on products made in China ✔ The moves came as Trump’s administration finalises its plans to impose tariffs of up to 25 per cent on $200bn of Chinese imports, sharply escalating the trade war with Beijing


Japan second-quarter GDP posts fastest growth since 2016 on...

9/10/2018, 1:08:07 AM
Japan's economy grew in April-June at its fastest pace since 2016 thanks to capital spending rising more quickly than earlier estimated, although global trade tensions and a string of natural disasters pose risks to the outlook. ✔ The updated second-quarter growth showed quarter-on-quarter expansion of 0.7 percent in real, price-adjusted terms, compared with an initial reading of a 0.5 percent growth and the median estimate for a 0.7 percent gain ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Gold inches down on rate hike views, trade worries

9/10/2018, 1:39:44 AM
Gold slid on Monday amid expectations of an interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve and concerns of a possible escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions. ✔ Central banks will be in focus with the European Central Bank and Bank of England both meeting this week ✔ Argentina's central bank chief said on Friday government financing for 2019 will be more than sufficient and that the recent sharp depreciation of the country's peso currency will correct itself quicker than markets believe


Dollar holds steady as trade tensions keep markets on edge

9/10/2018, 2:32:10 AM
The greenback firmed on Monday, on the back of strong jobs data stateside amid concerns over a potential escalation in the China-U.S. trade spat. ✔ The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, was basically flat at 95.381, not far off a three-week high of 95.737 hit on Tuesday last week ✔ It weakened more than 0.3 percent during the previous trading session on fears of a possible escalation in the China-U.S


Dollar edges higher as trade tensions keep markets on edge

9/10/2018, 3:43:13 AM
The dollar edged higher against a basket of currencies on Monday thanks to strong U.S. August jobs data and amid fears of a potentially major escalation in the China-U.S. trade conflict. ✔ Investors have been waiting for a fresh salvo to be fired in the Sino-U.S ✔ trade war after a public comment period for proposed U.S. tariffs on a list of $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, which includes some consumer products, ended late last week ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Jan-Aug trade up over 16 percent

9/9/2018, 11:29:10 PM
China's imports rose 20.9 percent year-on-year to $1.41 trillion in the first eight months of the year, demonstrating the country's commitment to a multilateral trading system, experts said on Sunday. ✔ Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, April 24, 2018 ✔ However, higher tariffs worldwide and stricter customs regulations have been threatening to dampen international trade ✔ Foreign media, including Bloomberg, reported that US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was ready to go on tariffs for another $267 billion in Chinese goods if he wants, which would come on top of the $200 billion in goods already targeted


Consumption is changing, not downgrading - Opinion

9/10/2018, 12:33:51 AM
undefined ✔ Faltering global economic growth and China's lower but sustainable GDP growth have affected people from all walks of life ✔ In addition, more favorable policies, such as deducting housing rent and housing mortgage from individuals' income before calculating personal income tax, will help increase people's consumption and facilitate China's sustainable development


Reflections on the 9½-Year-Long Bull Market

9/10/2018, 2:34:08 AM
The former markets editor for The Wall Street Journal looks back on why the bull market has lasted so long, and what it says about the future. ✔ The definition of a bull market’s length can be debated ✔ This prolonged upturn signified the end of the 2007-09 recession in which the Dow plunged 54% and some other broad-market indexes fell even further ✔ It was to make longer-term trends more visible that Charles H ✔ Investors decided that the mania had lifted most stocks to overly expensive levels and that prices weren’t sustainable


Markets Live:Trade aggression darkens mood

9/10/2018, 12:04:43 AM
Market sentiment is low as the aggression between the US and China over trade tariffs intensifies. Overseas markets closed weaker on Friday, giving the ASX little momentum. ✔ A claim lodged through industry fund Cbus was quickly paid out as a lump sum under its total and permanent disability (TPD) cover ✔ Eyes will remain on trade headlines with any negative impacts to China likely to hurt AUD ✔ 9:44am Hello and welcome to the Markets Live Blog ✔ Your editor today is Lucy Battersby (lbattersby@fairfaxmedia.com.au)


How to weather the market storm Gangnam Style

9/9/2018, 10:07:38 PM
South Korea offers lessons to Indonesia and other economies battered by financial turmoil ✔ Putting it together, Korea's strong macro balance sheet and fiscal policy flexibility ✔ Central banks slashed rates to zero and governments cut taxes and ramped up public spending ✔ But steps to increase innovation, competitiveness and productivity were few and far between ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


How Jack Ma went from English teacher to tech billionaire

9/9/2018, 9:14:30 PM
A look back at how Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma built global tech powerhouse Alibaba. ✔ Over the next decade, Alibaba amassed millions more customers and is credited with helping to change Chinese society by giving working-class people access to online commerce and creating a flood of new jobs ✔ He plans to focus on his Jack Ma Foundation, formed in 2014, a charity dedicated to improving education, the environment and public health


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