This is London: China's LME experience shows it has a lot to learn

Article Abstract:

Chinese traders on the London Metal Exchange no longer play their dominant role of 1993 and 1994 thanks to a lack of cash at home and credit from overseas. The Chinese govt is cracking down on practices that hurt the country's credibility and nearly drove the economy out of control, forcing traders in metals and similar commodities to take a lower profile. They remain major global players, despite nervousness arising from some failures to pay their debts. Some current metals trading may mask debt financing.

Primary Metal Manufacturing, Commodity Exchanges, PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES, Metals, China, Analysis, Investments, Metals (Materials), Commodity futures, London Metal Exchange Ltd.

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Spring fling

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The Tokyo stock market has begun to decline on investor fears that the Bank of Japan will increase its discount lending rate above 0.5% Investors have other reasons to become bearish towards the market including the prospect of the Japanese government simultaneously tightening both fiscal and monetary policy in an effort to reduce the budget deficit. Historically the Japanese stock market has performed less well during the six months beginning in May than it has during the other six months of the year.

Securities Exchanges, Japan, Finance, Stock-exchange, Stock exchanges, Exchanges, Economic policy, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Tokyo Stock Exchange

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Rat race; is it time to get back into Asian equities?

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Asian investment experts regard Japan as a strong candidate for equities profits in 1996, and most note more broadly that investment in Asia has gotten relatively cheap over the past two years. High-yield, fixed-income investments are increasingly popular, especially for those who have seen heavy losses since 1993, and Asian bonds are quite attractive. Few investment managers are optimistic for the year, however, with most underweighting Singapore, Malaysia, and H and B shares in China.

Securities & Commodities Exchanges, Foreign investments, Securities industry, Asia

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