Weekly market & economic update – week ending 8 August, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The share market correction continued over the last week with a whole range of issues weighing on confidence including Russian retaliatory

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Asian markets focus on geopolitical concerns

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The Ukraine-Russia crisis recently moved to the forefront of investors’ thoughts as Moscow mobilized its military power to influence developments in the autonomous Crimean peninsula. Russia’s incursions into the Ukraine

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Comment from Threadneedle Investments on the effect of the Ukraine crisis on global markets

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Commenting on the effect on global markets from the Ukraine crisis,Threadneedle Investments’ Chief Investment Officer Mark Burgess, said: “To date, the fallout from the Ukrainian crisis has been largely confined to the

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A comment on Ukraine

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Worries about Ukraine have adversely affected share markets yesterday (US S&P futures -0.8%, ASX 200 -0.5%,). The Ukrainian economy is too small and its problems too specific to have a

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