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Singapore Stocks CapitaMall, Genting Singapore, Ascendasreit

Shayne Heffernan Best Buys in Singapore this week are CapitaMall, Genting Singapore, Ascendasreit
Real Estate Stocks: CapitaMall, Ascendasreit
Singapore has been for many years one of our lead investment destinations, and now as the economy is growing we expect to see an uptick in Real Estate, Local Demand and continued growth of the Singapore Stock Exchange.
Rents [...]

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Myanmar in ASEAN, Trade Booms

Myanmar’s border trade amounted to over US$3.046-B in nearly the whole F-Y 2011-12, + about 60% from more than US$1.9-B in the same period for F-Y 2010-11, a local media reported Friday.
The increase of the border trade volume was due to the rise of nearly US$1-B export, said the Biweekly News.
Myanmar’s border trade was [...]

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HCM Report on Investing in Hotels

HCM Report on Investing in Hotels
If you are considering buying a hotel or investing in a hotel company it is important to be able to value the underlying asset. Hotel valuations are specific and not as simple as valuing other types of real estate.
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Valuation and [...]

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Managing Your Portfolio in 2012

Mobility and a long term outlook are essential when managing your portfolio. The ability to select the best quality long term investments from the traditional and emerging markets. For hedging mobility is key, the ability to access Foreign Exchange, Commodities and Futures to balance your risk is a new fundamental asset for investors.
Cash is no [...]

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Shayne Heffernan Global Equity Outlook

Shayne Heffernan Global Equity Outlook
This week the markets will react to a default by Greece sealed Friday, and while everyone accepts that the Greek Economy is an Ugly Duckling, I think we must now ask the question, will it become a Black Swan. SO for this week we are back on the sidelines watching in [...]

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iPhone and Android Online trading

The firm Saxo Bank has again taken the lead in financial trading services with their new applications for iPhone and Android that they hope to reach the mobile market under the slogan “World Class Trading. Anytime, Anywhere.”
Saxo Bank is renowned for its award-winning online Forex trading, for its superior liquidity, outstanding reliability, and last, but [...]

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Killer Asia floods swallow children who can’t swim

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — It took only a second for the murky floodwaters swamping parts of Asia to swallow Nguyen Phuoc Hien’s baby. His 3-year-old daughter had been playing happily while her aunt studied, but somehow, the girl slipped quietly outside the family home deep in Vietnam’s southern Mekong Delta.
When Hien’s [...]

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Asia stocks rebound ahead of US earnings

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets overcame early losses to mostly gain Wednesday as investors hoped for good news from the slew of corporate earnings reports due soon in the U.S.
Oil prices fell to near $85 a barrel while the dollar was stronger against the euro and the yen.
Asian stocks initially slipped after Slovakia, one [...]

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HSBC sees Asia trade doubling to $14 trillion by 2025

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asia’s trade volume will almost double by 2025 and will be the key driver of world trade growth despite current global economic headwinds, HSBC said in a report on Tuesday.
Asia’s trade volume will grow 96 percent to nearly $14 trillion by 2025, recording annual year-on-year growth of 4.8 percent versus [...]

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Shares rise after China bank move, euro firm

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Tuesday after China moved to support its stock market by buying shares of major banks, and the euro held the previous session’s big gains on hopes that European leaders are finally taking action to protect the continent’s lenders.
European stock index futures pointed to a steady [...]

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