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Multisubunit tethering complexes may contribute to the specificity of membrane fusion events by linking transport vesicles to their target membrane in an initial recognition event that promotes SNARE assembly. However, the interactions that link tethering factors to the other components of the vesicle fusion machinery are still largely unknown. We have previously identified three subunits of a Golgi-localized complex (the Vps52/53/54 complex) that is required for retrograde transport to the late Golgi. This complex interacts with a Rab and a SNARE protein found at the late Golgi and is related to two other multisubunit tethering complexes: the COG complex and the exocyst. Here we show that the Vps52/53/54 complex has an additional subunit, Vps51p. All four members of this tetrameric GARP (Golgi-associated retrograde protein) complex are required for two distinct retrograde transport pathways, from both early and late endosomes, back to the TGN. vps51 mutants exhibit a distinct phenotype suggestive of a regulatory role. Indeed, we find that Vps51p mediates the interaction between Vps52/53/54 and the t-SNARE Tlg1p. The binding of this small, coiled-coil protein to the conserved N-terminal domain of the t-SNARE therefore provides a crucial link between components of the tethering and the fusion machinery.
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Global macro-economic worries overshadowed some positive domestic company news to push shares lower on Tuesday.
Concerns about the threat to financial market stability posed by Russian politics and Chinese monetary policy, compounded with lingering concerns about the effects of reduced United States stimulus, resulted in a broad-based sell-off.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 9.8 points, or 0.2 per cent, on Tuesday to 5337.1, while the All Ordinaries Index also shed 0.2 per cent to 5351. Shopping centre operator Westfield Group led the bourse lower, shedding 2.1 per cent at $10.23.
Local shares fell sharply at the open, taking a negative lead from offshore after major equity markets in the United States, London and Europe all closed lower.
Following Monday's unexpected decline in the HSBC-Markit flash reading of China's manufacturing purchasing managers index, the comparable survey for the US and European manufacturing sectors for March also came in below expectation.
Asian markets provided mixed cues in the afternoon session with China's Shanghai Composite Index trading higher at the local close, while Japan's Nikkei was flat and Hong Kong's Hang Seng behind.
"We are holding a little bit more cash than ordinarily as we wait to see how the political situation in Russia pans out," Contango Asset Management portfolio manager Shawn Burns said.
The US and its closest allies have ousted Russia from the Group of 8 in retaliation for the annexation of Crimea from neighbour Ukraine.
"Another reason for caution is waiting to see how the Chinese government manages the process of de-leveraging the economy," Mr Burns said.
"China has an advantage over Western countries in that it has more control over market participants and access to stimulus tools if credit tightening creates too much of a drag on the economy," he said. "But there is still a risk of some more soft growth numbers before Chinese policy-makers get the balance right."
And here are the best and worst for the day, led by two companies which reported solid earnings updates, while gold miners were the laggards.
Best and worst performing stocks in the ASX 200 for the day.
RBA deputy governor Phil Lowe has passed on the opportunity to describe the Australian dollar as "uncomfortably high", saying that the exchange rate has fallen as the mining investment boom has declined.
Mr Lowe, who was speaking at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's annual forum in Sydney, said that markets had adjusted, allowing the local currency to decline as the terms of trade fell and as the investment phrase of the resources boom faded.
"Over the last two years, the terms of trade have come off and the prospect for mining investment has declined and mining investment as a share of GDP is obviously going to be decline over the next couple of years," Mr Lowe said in response to a question from Fairfax Media.
"The point that we have been making for some time is if the exchange rate is to continue to play a stabilising role as it has done so successfully over the years it will need to come down in time and we were drawing people's attention to that relationship.
"And in time, the market did adjust and the exchange rate has obviously come down. So that's the broad context in which we've been talking about the exchange rate."
Local shares have been caught in a broad sell-off, with the ASX 200 index dropping 0.2 per cent to 5336.6 and the All Ords shedding a similar proportion to 5351.
Only 42 of the top 200 names advanced. Among the bluechips, Westpac was the biggest booster, adding 0.7 per cent, while BHP and Rio both gained strongly, up 0.5 and 1.4 per cent, respectively. Fortescue jumped 1.6 per cent.
Westfield (down 2. per cent) and Newcrest (-5 per cent) were the biggest drags on the benchmark index.
Gold miners were the worst performers, falling 5 per cent as a group, while telcos (up 0.3 per cent), consumer staples and metals and mining (both up 0.1 per cent) were the best.
Scott Minerd, the chief investment officer of Californian-based, $200 billion investment manager Guggenheim Partners is one of several investors who have grown increasingly apprehensive about the risks of Japan's extreme version of quantitative easing.
He's shorting Japanese government bonds, which, at the 10-year point, yield just 0.60 of a percentage point.
It's a position that has infamously been dubbed "the widow-maker" trade because Japanese bonds have refused to crash for over two decades.
He recalled the reaction to his trade when he discussed it with a group of hedge fund managers in Davos last year. "They said 'welcome to the house of pain: it's short, we have been living with it for 10 years and it never works'."
But at a yield of 0.60 per cent, there's not much "pain" relative to the risks Minerd believes Japan is creating. The prospects of Japan falling into hyperinflation are not to be ignored, he says.
"What we are experiencing in Japan and the risks [it poses] are unprecedented in the history of the world. There has never been a time in world history where every major economy is operating on a fiat currency.
"All of this money printing, whether it's Japan, the US, Great Britain or Europe, is tantamount to filling your basement with gasoline and saying 'everything is OK as long as no one strikes a match'. "
"Once one country begins to spiral into an uncontrolled inflation environment, the prospect of contagion is extremely high."
The Reserve Bank will probably try to weaken the dollar, which jumped today to a three-month high against the US dollar, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith says.
The Aussie hasn't declined along with commodity prices in spite of the currency's links to raw materials, Smith told Bloomberg TV in Hong Kong today.
"Is it a little bit too high?" Smith said. "Probably it is and I'm sure the Reserve Bank governor will try to push it down a little bit."
RBA chief Glenn Stevens is speaking at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong tomorrow.
The dollar is trading at 91.37 US cents, after rising to a three-month high of 91.58 US cents around midday.
For the record, RBA deputy Philip Lowe, who's currently speaking at the ASIC conference in Sydney, doesn't mentioned monetary policy in his speech, Bloomberg has just said. But there's always the ensuing Q&A.
The currency has been on the way up this month, as economic data fuels speculation the central bank will raise interest rates sooner rather than later. That has overshadowed concern commodity exports to China, Australia's largest trading partner, will fall as the Asian nation's economic growth slows.
Automotive Holdings will extend its car and truck dealerships and logistics business in two deals worth $184 million.
The Perth-based company, which entered a trading halt this morning, has struck a deal to buy Scott's Refrigerated Freightways for $116 million and NSW car dealership Bradstreet Motor Group for $68 million.
The Scott's deal will be funded from $71 million cash, $15 million of AHG shares and $30 million of finance leases, the company said in a statement to the ASX.
AHG managing director Bronte Howson said the acquisition would deliver $4 million a year in savings by the end of 2016 and make the company the biggest temperature controlled carrier in Australia.
Sydney-based Scott's is forecast to generate sales worth $237 million this year and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $25 million.
The Bradstreet deal will lift AHG's network to 169 franchises across 96 dealerships in Australia and New Zealand.
Bradstreet's dealerships are mainly in Newcastle and represent seven car makers: Toyota, Mazda, Holden, Nissan, Kia, Subaru and Great Wall.
"This is a strategic addition to our NSW dealership network," Mr Howson said. "The dealerships operate from well-maintained properties on long-term leases and require no significant capital expenditure.
"They also complement our established Newcastle truck hub, giving AHG a very strong presence in the Newcastle region."
The Bradstreet deal will be funded in cash. Both acquisitions are subject to the completion of due diligence.
Fortescue chief executive Neville Power has sought to reassure investors about the risks of falling iron ore prices on the company's profitability, and the threat posed by increased mining rivals in China.
Speaking to a room of investors, at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong, Power played down the impact of falling iron ore prices and said the company's profit margins were strong enough to withstand a further correction in the year ahead.
"There will always be short term volatility but not anything that we are concerned about long term," he said. "The key with all of these resource projects is being well positioned on the global supply curve.
"We are very comfortable with how we are positioned. A $US100 a tonne iron ore price or sub $US100 a tonne is ok, particularly if we repay debt."
Credit Suisse head of Australian equity sales Chris Mayne said as long as the iron ore price stays relatively stable over the next 12 months, Fortescue should be able to meet its target of repaying $2 billion in debt by the end of this year.
Asia's changing palate could help fuel Australia's next commodities boom as the unprecedented investment in the mining sector winds down, a global report by HSBC says.
The increasing demand for foods such as meat and dairy reflected the growing economies in Asia and other regions, with the expanding incomes of the new middle-class fuelling the shift in preference towards more high-quality foods.
Australia, as one of the world's biggest exporters of soft commodities such as meat, dairy, wheat and sugar, is well-placed to benefit from the changing tastes of the growing middle-class in Asia - the fastest-growing part of the global economy, HSBC's chief economist for Australia Paul Bloxham says:
- Agricultural product prices have risen by far less than metals and energy prices over the past decade, but could be the next big story.
- It may, in fact, be the case that food prices have the potential to outperform relative to metals and energy prices in coming years, as growing middle class incomes continue to boost demand.
The analysts estimate about 1.3 billion people could reach at least middle-income levels by 2030, while another 2.6 billion could achieve that income status in the following two decades.
This in turn could lead to a change in diet and a taste for finer foods, benefiting soft commodities exporters such as Australia, Brazil and New Zealand.
Broker Morgans has significantly upgraded its valuation of biotech firm Impedimed, boosting its share price target by 50 per cent - from 32c to 48c.
With the stock trading at 22c now, that suggests some serious upside for the more adventurous investor (those prepared to invest in a stock the fortune of which can be determined by the flick of a regulator's pen).
Why the big upgrade? Because "the path is now clearly set down to secure the Category 1 CPT code for Impedimed's (IPD) bioimpedance device," writes analyst Scott Power.
IPD's product aids in the clinical assessment of patients for the potential onset of secondary lymphoedema.
The Category 1 Current Procedural Terminology codes "are reserved for those procedures that have demonstrated clinical efficacy, widespread use and have US FDA clearance," writes Power.
Such a clearance would assist Impedimed in growing its market for the device, and the code is expected to become effective from 1 January 2015.
"If achieved, and we believe it will be, this will be a major milestone for IPD," explains Power. "We think the market opportunity is larger than our current modelling suggests, and have updated forecasts and valuation significantly."
The new valuation of 48 cents is "based on the potential for an increased pace of clinical roll-out, and our view that IPD's device will be used to access the larger lower limb market," writes Power, adding that "the key risk" is a delay in securing the CPT code.
Morgans' analyst is not a bullish outlier – Cannacord has a "buy" rating and a target of 60c, while Wilson HTM has a similar recommendation and a 45c target.
Earlier this month, Coca-Cola sent out its annual report and proxy statement to shareholders.
The red-and-white report was relatively predictable. Until you get to page 85.
That's the page that stopped an analyst who works for David Winters, a longtime money manager and founder of Wintergreen Advisers, in his tracks.
Doing a little quick math, the analyst determined that the company planned to award stock worth about $US13 billion to its senior managers over the next four years, based on the company's current stock price. Getting out his calculator, the analyst estimated that between the proposed compensation plan and a previous plan, the company had allocated as much as $US24 billion toward stock-based rewards for its senior people.
"I just couldn't believe it," said Mr. Winters, a longtime Coco-Cola shareholder with about 2.5 million of the company's shares in his fund. "I was so stunned."
So stunned that late on Friday, Mr. Winters sent a letter, which he released publicly, to Coca-Cola's shareholders and its board. Coca-Cola has disputed some of his calculations, but Mr. Winters still says he sees the plan as excessive.
"We can find no reasonable basis for gifting management 14.2 percent of the share capital of Coca-Cola, worth $24 billion at today's share price. No matter how well a management team performs, it is unfathomable that they would require such astronomical sums of money to provide motivation," he wrote. "This compensation plan appears to place the economic well-being of management far ahead of the interests of the company's owners."
The compensation plan requires shareholder approval, so the company's annual meeting, excuse the pun, could be a little carbonated.
Mr. Winters also sent a separate letter to one of Coke's biggest and most influential investors, Warren Buffett, who controls 9.1 percent of the stock through Berkshire Hathaway's holdings.
Coca-Cola, for its part, says Mr. Winters's analysis "is misinformed and does not reflect the facts."
Hidden in the small print: Coca-Cola plans to give its senior managers $US13 billion worth of stock in the coming four years. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/ Photo: Carla Gottgens
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's decision to put the federal government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice reforms on ice was the right one. But please, spare us the spin about needing to consider the changes more carefully, writes Smart Investor's James Frost.
According to the AFR, Senator Cormann justified the abrupt about face by saying he'd "just got in the job" and had "decided to pause the process on the FOFA regulation to enable me to consult in good faith with all the relevant stakeholders".
But the changes he's consulting on were first outlined by the Coalition in a 38 page response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee into Financial Services published in February 2012.
A document signed, and most likely written by, Cormann himself.
So for the architect to decide the changes haven't been considered carefully enough, more than two years after they were tabled, comes off as being disingenuous at best and simply adds to the obfuscation that has surrounded the reforms.
Like many pieces of worthy legislation, the passage of the FoFA reforms have been marred from day one by an expertly run campaign that sought to confuse and unnecessarily complicate.
Predictions of more corporate defaults in China are unlikely to warrant the need for heavy handed stimulus in the world's second largest economy, says a leading expert on Chinese monetary policy.
Speaking at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong, a former member of the People's Bank of China, professor David Daokui, told a gathering of over 600 investors that more corporate defaults were needed in China to help "clean up the financial sector," but that a repeat of the huge 2008-09 stimulus package of 4 trillion Yuan "will never happen".
"Extra stimulus in the form of speeding up fiscal spending helps growth, however, that will not mitigate pressure on defaults because they are concentrated in a few regions," he said.
He added that additional stimulus, such as bond issuance, was necessary to help the economy succeed in its structural reform transition, away from an investment driven growth to an economy powered by consumption.
His comments come amid market speculation that the Chinese government may need to embark on further interest rate cuts or financial assistance to manage signs of a slowdown, particularly if it is to achieve its 7.5 per cent annualised growth target this year.
Monday's key HSBC flash manufacturing PMI data came in weaker than expected despite a modest pick up at the start of the year, prompting talk of further stimulus.
We've asked our chart guru, Richard Lie from Stockradar, to look at the dollar's recent rise from a technical perspective, and while he notes the currency could move a few cents higher in the short term, he says the overall trend remains downward.
Richard provided us with the attached chart of the technical picture. Here are some key points:
- Parity has been the big psychological 'line in the sand' for several years now.
- The breakdown below 95/97 US cents in March 2013 was a major development. We saw broken support become resistance on the pullback late last year, and it's been downhill since then.
- In the short term, a break of the 'A-B' trend line could project a rally back to resistance at 95/97 US cents. (Also, it's not clear on the chart below, but a bullish inverse head and shoulders pattern has formed since the start of the year.)
- Any decline below 87 US cents on a weekly closing basis would bring 80 US cents into play.
- I expect the long-term trend to eventually reassert itself, for a decline to support at 80 US cents.
Australia's biggest investment bank, UBS, is facing an investigation by the Papua New Guinea ombudsman over its $1.239 billion loan to the country's government to purchase a 10.1 per cent stake in listed gas developer Oil Search.
The ombudsman's office has issued an order freezing any further progress on the loan until it completes its own investigations of the government's surprise move to regain an ownership stake in Oil Search three weeks ago.
"The ombudsman commission is not asserting that there are irregularities involved nor does it want to interfere with any development initiatives of the national government, but to ensure compliance with all the relevant laws," the PNG ombudsman was quoted as saying in Tuesday's Post Courier.
The Australian arm of UBS provided a $1.2 billion loan comprising a $335 million bridge loan facility and $904 million collar loan facility to fund the 10.1 per cent stake in Oil Search.
Under the terms of the deal the investment bank will then advise the country on a sovereign bond issue to replace the bridge loan.
The loan has already sparked the sacking of PNG Treasurer Don Polye who refused to sign some of the documentation because of concerns about the impact of the loan structure on the country's Budget and Sovereign Wealth Fund.
Mr Polye said in an interview last week that he had rejected the Oil Search deal because no due diligence had been done on it and it was not commercially viable. He said he could not sign off a loan when he believed it "will not be supported by any balance sheets, whether it be by [state-owned enterprises] or even by the state".
The United States and its closest allies have cast Russia out of the Group of 8 industrialized democracies, their most exclusive club, to punish President Vladimir Putin for his lightning annexation of Crimea, while threatening tougher sanctions if he escalates aggression against Ukraine.
President Obama and the leaders of Canada, Japan and Europe's four strongest economies gathered for the first time since the Ukraine crisis erupted last month, using a closed two-hour meeting on the sidelines of a summit meeting about nuclear security to project a united front against Moscow.
But they stopped short, at least for now, of imposing sanctions against what a senior Obama administration official called vital sectors of the Russian economy: energy, banking and finance, engineering and the arms industry.
Only further aggression by Mr. Putin — like rolling his forces into the Ukrainian mainland — would prompt that much-harsher punishment, the countries indicated in their joint statement, called the Hague Declaration.
Goldman Sachs has lowered its forecasts for Japanese stocks, citing ''the market's unanticipated weakness and limited near-term catalysts''.
The brokerage reduced its three-month target for the broad-based Topix index to 1200 from 1350 and the six-month forecast to 1300 from 1375, with the Topix today flat at 1162. The 12-month target was kept at 1450, with the brokerage saying it continues to expect earnings per share to rise 21 per cent in the fiscal year starting April.
The Topix has slumped 11 per cent this year as of yesterday, trailing all other major developed markets, after surging 51 per cent in 2013.
The losses are due to ''a combination of overseas and domestic factors'', Goldman Sachs says. They include weaker- than-expected US economic data, China growth jitters, the Ukraine crisis, Japan's April sales-tax increase and disappointment that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's deregulation and structural reforms ''may not deliver any substance'', the note says.
Worries about continued foreign selling of Japanese shares have also weighed on the market. Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese shares in the week through March 14, according to data from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Overseas investors sold 975 billion yen in Japanese stocks, the second-most on record after 1.12 trillion yen following the ''Black Monday'' stock-market crash in 1987.
There have been some encouraging signs that unemployment is close to its peak in this cycle, but to get the rate down where will the jobs come from?
Scott Haslem from UBS has looked at retail sales and other key economic data and overlaid them with the underlying sectors.
- On that basis he thinks the retail, wholesale and hospitality sector could add up to 70,000 jobs this year, while the construction sector, that employs 1 million could add up to 80,000 jobs thanks to the recent strong gains in building approvals.
- The mining sector might shed up to 20,000 jobs if capex numbers are anything to go by at while the manufacturing sector might still lose another 20,000 jobs.
- The service sector employs 6.6 million people all up and Haslem says there's a solid relationship between the sector's PMI and employment growth. It suggests as many as 135,000 jobs will be created although there is some risk that the upcoming Budget might weigh heavy on the sector.
Haslem sees the economy creating as many as 170,000 jobs that would easily keep the unemployment rate at 6 per cent:
- Indeed, our relatively simple analysis identifies a potential 240,000 jobs which could lower unemployment to 5.5 per cent by early 2015.
That's not the base case for UBS, who have a 5.8 per cent forecast for the unemployment rate by the end of this calendar year. But those worried about where the jobs come from perhaps shouldn't.
Investment has become less effective in generating growth in China, World Bank managing director Sri Mulyani Indrawati has told a conference in Beijing.
She did not elaborate in a speech in advance of the release of a report on China's urbanisation due later today.
Official data showed China's economy slowed markedly in the first two months of the year, with growth in investment, retail sales and factory output all falling to multi-year lows.
Most regional markets are posting losses today, paring yesterday's gains, after data showed a slowdown in US manufacturing:
- Japan (Nikkei): -0.25%
- Hong Kong: -0.2%
- Shanghai: -0.3%
- Taiwan: +0.3%
- Korea: -0.1%
- Singapore: -0.15%
- New Zealand: flat
The US manufacturing report ''is a little bit weaker, but nothing changed much,'' says Donald Williams, chief investment officer at Platypus Asset Management. ''It's a grinding recovery and some of the data are better than expected and some are worse.''
Time to look at which stocks are making waves and which are sinking.
Premier Investments and TPG Telecom are the picks of the bunch so far, with both reporting solid profit updates. Surfing in their wakes come potential speculated takeover targets iiNet (by TPG) and David Jones (by Premier).
Sinking are gold miners after the precious metal extended losses overnight.
Best and worst performing stocks in the ASX 200 around midday.
Markets can swing from optimism to pessimism in the blink of an eye. It's unusual, however, for two competing companies, both leaders in their field making incredible sums of money, to be priced as if one was headed to the moon and the other to the scrap heap.
That's exactly how the market is pricing Apple and Google.
And the market believes Apple's best years are behind it.
And yet look at the numbers. In the two years since Cook took over, Apple's operating income has grown from $US34 billion to $US51 billion. In the year of Job's death, Apple's revenue was $US108 billion. Last year it hit $US171 billion.
The company is sitting on a cash pile of $US160 billion, enough to embarrass a Russian oligarch (well, maybe).
By worrying about margins instead of volumes, Apple has built out an eco-system for its loyal, cashed-up customers. With only a sliver of the smartphone market, it makes over half the sector's profit. All of which adds up to a return on equity of about 30 per cent compared with Google's 15 per cent.
Such figures would ordinarily send a spreadsheet-obsessed analyst into joyful apoplexy. Why bother with stocks like Woolies, on a PER of 18, or Carsales.com trading on 30 times earnings when you can buy the world's most valuable brand on a PER of 13, including the cash?
Yet analysts aren't interested.
Does Solomon Lew have his eyes on DJs? the AFR's Chanticleer columnist Michael Smith asks:
There has been a lot of talk about whether Lew is lurking in the wings of the David Jones-Myer show with takeover ambitions of his own.
Confirmation today that David Jones has appointed Macquarie to work alongside Gresham Partners as defence advisers will only fuel speculation that other bidders could come out of the woodwork as Myer pursues its takeover ambitions.
Certainly, Premier's better than expected first-half result today confirms it is in a strong financial position. The retailer says it has cash on hand of $317.7 million and its investment in appliance maker Breville is worth more than $300 million.
Buying David Jones would be a stretch but not outside the realms of possibility. Whether Lew and Premier's retail boss and former David Jones chief Mark McInnes have ambitions beyond the current plan to rollout more Smiggle and Peter Alexander stores remains to be seen.
The FT is reporting that the Russian government is braced for an expected $US70 billion fleeing the country over the first three months of the year as investors act to protect their assets from the fallout of the Crimea crisis.
That could exacerbate the 11 per cent fall in the country's benchmark MICEX stock index over the past five weeks or so.
Andrei Klepach, Russia's deputy economy minister, said that capital outflows in the first quarter were expected to be closer to the top end of a $US65bn-$US70bn government estimate, as fears of tighter sanctions hit the economy.
That would exceed the $US63bn that flowed out of the country in the whole of last year and is higher than the $US50bn figure mooted by Mr Putin's economic adviser Alexei Kudrin 10 days ago.
The Russian sharemarket and currency could come under further pressure as investors pull money out of the country.
The Australand Property Group has upgraded its earnings and distribution guidance in advance of a possible full bid for the group from Stockland.
Australand now expects to deliver 17-20 per cent growth in operating earnings per security in its 2014 financial year, which is the 12 months to December.
At the same time the full year distribution, previously expected to be 22 cents per security, is likely to be increased to 25.5 cents, up 19 per cent on 2013.
The move is a response to both a better than expected residential market and a move to close out its interest rate derivatives.
Managing director Bob Johnston said Australand had revisited its earnings expectations as part of its quarterly review and in the light of the positive market conditions.
"The group's residential division continues to experience strong demand and price growth across a number of projects," he said. "As a result the group now expects that the 2014 residential earnings contribution will be higher than previously expected."
The company's shares are 1.2 per cent higher at $4.22.
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham says the US Federal Reserve is killing the recovery of the world's biggest economy and the ''next bust will be unlike any other''.
Mr Grantham – the co-founder and chief investment strategist at the $US112 billion ($123 billion) Boston-based fund manager GMO –said he wouldn't invest his clients' money in US stocks for at least the next seven years because of the Fed's ''misguided policies''.
''We invest our clients' money based on our seven-year prediction,'' Mr Grantham told Fortune.
''Over the next seven years we think the market will have negative returns. The next bust will be unlike any other because the Fed and other central banks around the world have taken on all this leverage that was out there and put it on their balance sheets. We have never had this before.
''Assets are overpriced generally. They will become cheap again. That's how we will pay for this. It's going to be very painful for investors''.
While Grantham is particularly gloomy on the longer term, he believes investors will keep dancing to the central bank's tune in the short term.
"We do think the market is going to go higher because the Fed hasn't ended its game, and it won't stop playing until we are in old-fashioned bubble territory and it bursts, which usually happens at two standard deviations from the market's mean. That would take us to 2,350 on the S&P 500, or roughly 25 per cent from where we are now.
Mr Grantham said the Fed's $US85 billion a month bond buying program had failed to stimulate the economy, saying that there was no proof that more debt creates growth.
''It's quite likely that the recovery has been slowed down because of the Fed's actions,'' he said.
''Go back to the 1980s and the US had an aggregate debt level of about 1.3 times GDP. Then we had a massive spike over the next two decades to about 3.3 times debt. And GDP over that time has slowed.''
High profile investor Jeremy Grantham says the next bust suffered by the world economy is going to be "very painful".
Explosives manufacturer Orica has reached a second deal to buy natural gas from junior explorer Strike Energy as it seeks to lock in gas supplies for its east coast production plants in a market plagued by surging prices and potential shortages.
The gas supplied under the two deals between the two should be worth more than $1 billion, Strike said.
Investors have passed an early verdict on the deal, pushing Orica down 3.4 per cent to $21.31 and bidding up Strike 4 per cent to 13 cents.
The additional 100 petajoules of gas that Orica will buy from Strike will be supplied over 10 years from 2020 and has been negotiated at "competitive prices", Orica said in a statement on Tuesday.
The deal more than doubles the volume of gas that Orica is set to receive from Strike's Southern Cooper Basin gas project in South Australia, with the two having signed a 150 petajoule gas supply agreement last July.
Australia's domestic market for gas in the eastern states is coming under pressure from the pending start-up of LNG exports from Queensland later this year, which will suck up gas that until now has been used only by local users.
Prices in the wholesale market have surged from typical historical levels of around $3 a gigajoule, to $8 a gigajoule or higher, while some industrial customers say they are unable to source gas at all under long-term contracts.
"Orica's forward-looking Australian east coast gas supply strategy now provides for natural gas supply at competitive pricing for both the Kooragang Island (NSW) and Yarwun (Queensland) manufacturing facilities," Orica said.
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Shares have sold off sharply in early trading, with both the ASX 200 and All Ords are down 0.5 per cent, or 26 points, to 5320.9 and 5336.4, respectively.
As expected, gold miners are down a heavy 4.4 per cent, with Newcrest the biggest single drag on the market after it fell 4.7 per cent.
Telcos is the only sector to gain - indeed, there are only 12 stocks among the top 200 higher - after TPG Telecom jumped 7.8 per cent on a profit update.
Premier Investments has also impressed investors with its interim profit numbers, and has gained 4 per cent.
Macquarie Group has given up some of yesterday's gains, falling 1.4 per cent.
TPG Telecom has upgraded its earnings guidance and beat analyst expectations to produce a strong balance sheet amid industry speculation it could make a move on rival telecommunications provider iiNet.
EBITDA rose by 8 per cent to $165.6 million for the first half of financial year 2014, which was above analyst expectations of around $149 million.
Net profit for the half was up 15 per cent compared to the same period in 2013 to $90.1 million.
The telecommunications provider also reported a 36,000 net increase in broadband subscribers during the half year, which was below analyst forecasts of around 40,000 subscribers. By comparison, iiNet increased its subscribers levels by 16,000.
Some industry analysts believe the departure of iiNet founder and chief executive Michael Malone last week has increased the chances of TPG making a successful acquisition attempt on the company as early as 2014.
But the company did not provide any extra insight on its controversial fibre-to-the-basement network, which is designed to put it in direct competition with NBN Co - a move that could destroy the government-funded project's ability to turn a profit.
The interim dividend was set at 4.5¢ per share, and will be payable on May 20, 2014.
How Australia's richest person, mining heiress Gina Rinehart, secured a $US694 million ($764 million) loan from American taxpayers is surely one of the great ironies of the capitalist system, reports The Australian Financial Review.
The case is the latest example of a flaw in the United States political economy: what some see as crony capitalism.
Rinehart's mining group, Hancock Prospecting, last week signed off on a $US7.2 billion debt package for her highly anticipated Roy Hill iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
There are 19 international lenders, including Australia's big four banks, in the syndicate. Government export credit agencies including the Ex-Im Bank in the US, as well as Japan and Korea, were crucial in helping the massive debt-funding deal over the line.
Commercial banks and bond investors were reluctant to shoulder all the risk.
The US Ex-Im Bank says it "assumes credit and country risks that the private sector is unable or unwilling to accept".
In return for the US government loan, Hancock Prospecting will purchase American mining and rail equipment from Caterpillar, General Electric and Atlas Copco.
The Export-Import Bank says their involvement will "support" 3400 US jobs.
US conservatives have deep misgivings about the "corporate welfare" the Ex-Im Bank is dishing out, including to Rinehart.
All smiles ... Gina Rinehart in Singapore at the signing of $7.9 billion in debt agreements for the Roy Hill mine Photo: Supplied
Car and truck retailer Automotive Holdings Group's shares have been placed into a trading halt as the company prepares to make two acquisitions.
In a statement to the ASX, company secretary David Rowland said AHG would announce details of a proposed equity raising later today.
He said the equity raising would fund two potential acquisition, the details of which would also be revealed today.
AHG has more than 150 car and truck dealerships in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. It also has a trans-Tasman logistics business and employs about 5000 people.
Last week Fairfax Media reported that Burson Auto Parts was in talks to by AHG's Western Australian business. AHG's shares closed flat on Monday at $3.60.
Energy group New Hope has held out little prospect of a near term turnaround in its fortunes after reporting a slide in the first half net profit due to weak coal prices.
In the six months to the end of January, its net profit slumped to $22.7 million from $68.8 million a year earlier, even though coal sales rose slightly to 3 million tonnes from 2.7 million tonnes.
Earnings a share slid to 2.7c from 8.3c.
Even so, it held the interim dividend steady at 6c a share
It warned there would be no quick improvement in earnings, with its $1.1 billion cash pile giving the group plenty of firepower to withstand the downturn and to make selective acquisitions if opportunities emerged.
The interim profit was in line with its earlier forecast of a net profit of $21-23 million.
Yesterday's Chinese manufacturing data was further indication growth in the world's second largest economy is slowing. The disappointing reading of the HSBC flash China PMI should have sparked a sell-off in shares, but instead markets rose, indicating that investors are betting the poor numbers will lead to further stimulus, IG's Evan Lucas says:
- With infrastructure projects already being brought forward and the PBoC willing to take on bad and doubtful debts, it's likely that the next move in the stabilisation of the domestic economy will centre on employment.
- A government report released on the weekend showed that the percentage of people living in urban cities from 2013 to 2020 is only going to grow by 6.3%, down from 9.4% in the previous seven years. Nomura believes this could shave off a further 0.5% from GDP - something the central government has to avoid.
- That is why I see this as the third part of a stimulus plan to increase domestic demand and stabilise the growth concerns. Expect increases in urbanisation project announcements over the next six months as the central government looks to keep employment levels at the predetermined levels.
Strong demand for colourful stationery and funky pyjamas at retail chains Smiggle and Peter Alexander has countered lacklustre sales at Jay Jays, helping Solomon Lew's Premier Investments lift first-half net profit by 12.1 per cent to $52.1 million.
EBIT from Premier's retail operations, which comprise Smiggle, Peter Alexander, Just Jeans, Jay Jays, Dotti, Portmans and Jacqui E, rose 9.2 per cent to $61.5 million as stronger sales and lower costs offset weaker gross margins.
The profit result was in line with market forecasts, but sales growth exceeded expectations.
Retail sales rose 5.3 per cent to $468.4 million and like-for-like sales by 4.4 per cent as six of the seven brands in the group achieved sales growth.
Just Jeans returned to positive growth for the first time in several years and Jay Jays, which is in turnaround mode, returned to growth in the second quarter.
Sales at Smiggle rose 15.7 per cent and Peter Alexander sales by 23.3 per cent.
Premier also booked an equity accounted profit of $8.3 million from its stake in appliance maker Breville, which was valued at $318.8 million.
Premier started equity accounting its share of Breville's profits after appointing a new director to the board in the second half of 2013.
However, investment earnings fell 5.7 per cent before tax, due to lower interest earnings on cash holdings of $318 million.
Premier increased its interim dividend by 1¢ to 20¢ a share, fully franked, payable May 16.
Copper miner Aditya Birla has requested and been granted a suspension from trading on the ASX until at latest March 31 to "provide sufficient time to conclude investigations into the suspected ground subsidence at the Nifty underground copper mine," the company said in a statement.
Macquarie shareholders yesterday celebrated the news the investment bank is on track to record bumper profits come May, which suggests the bank's fortunes are perking up, writes BusinessDay columnist Elizabeth Knight:
Macquarie Group is one of those stocks that traders love because the share price is so volatile. If you play it well, fortunes can be made that are larger than those by staff, who are famously part of the ''millionaires factory''. But if you end up on the wrong side of the trade it's a fast track to losing money.
The financial institution's share price flew north on Monday as it tweaked up its profit forecasts for the March 2014 financial year thanks to a slightly better performance from its fixed interest, currencies and commodities division, which may now come in above the 2013 financial year.
Overall, the group will improve the current year's profit by between 40 and 45 per cent, which explains why its share price has gained about 50 per cent over the past year.
The update it gave the market this week confirmed Macquarie was on track for a big improvement for the year and would probably exceed previous market expectations for a profit of about $1.2 billion.
Investors now need to take a view on whether the markets-facing businesses in which Macquarie is engaged have upside - and if so, how much.
And the other overnight story is gold continuing its mini-collapse. The precious metal tumbled about 2 per cent overnight, taking losses since its 2014 peak just a week ago to 5.4 per cent.
The overnight fall was the biggest one-day drop in nearly two months, as hedge funds dumped the precious metal on fears that rising US interest rates could spark a further retreat from last week's six-month high.
The metal sank to a one-month low near $US1300 an ounce on a day when outside markets remained largely immune from gold's sell-off. Recent forecasts of sharply lower gold prices at below $US1200 by Societe Generale and other bullion banks also prompted institutional investors to sell bullion, analysts said.
Local gold miners, which over the past months have vastly outperformed the rise in the precious metal, are expected to take a hit this morning.
Gold investor sentiment turned bearish last week after Fed Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank will probably end its massive bond-buying program this fall, and could start raising interest rates around six months later.
"Momentum investors are capitalising on the concern over a stronger US dollar and rising interest rates by the end of the year," saidd Jeffrey Sica, chief investment officer at New Jersey-based Sica Wealth.
Spot gold was down 1.9 per cent at $US1308.70 an ounce in late New York trade, after earlier hitting $US1307.54, the lowest since February 14.
"It's an extension of people digesting Yellen's comment about the interest rate," said Phillip Streible, senior commodities broker at RJ O'Brien. The lower US stock market also triggered profit-taking across the board.
The metal fell 3.5 per cent last week, after Yellen's comments surprised world markets by signalling that US interest rates could rise sooner than had been expected.
Gold miners (white line) have outperformed the gold price rise since the precious metal's December trough.
The story overnight was the Australian dollar, which has hit a 2014 high, continuing its stubborn streak.
The Aussie is fetching US91.31¢ – its highest since December 2, 2013 – following hopes that weak Chinese economic data released on Monday will prompt some stimulus from Beijing.
HSBC's China flash Purchasing Managers Index sagged to an eight-month low of 48.1 in March, compared with 48.5 in February. Economists had expected a reading of 48.7.
FxPro head of research Simon Smith said the weaker number initially ''knocked some wind out of the Aussie''. But traders were then buoyed by the possibility that Beijing would launch a series of policies to stabilise growth, with the Australian hitting a high of US91.50¢ in overnight trade.
NAB global head of research Peter Jolly said the ''Aussie continues to silence its critics''.
''Had anyone been told beforehand that the China HSBC flash manufacturing PMI was going to fall again, and to almost point below consensus expectations, few would have picked the AUS to have been one of the top performing currencies on the day,'' Mr Jolly said.
''But so it is, AUD extending its post PMI recovery offshore.''
Mr Jolly said much of the Aussie's rise came from US dollar weakness, which slipped against all G10 currencies.
Still, Arab Bank Australia treasury dealer David Scutt said all eyes would be on RBA deputy governor Philip Lowe, who will speak at an ASIC forum in Sydney this afternoon.
''Should he not mention nor show concern about its recent advance, it's likely that we'll see renewed buying of the pair [AUD/US] into the European open,'' Mr Scutt said.
''On the flipside, should he go out of his way to talk the currency down, expect the AUD to give back ground, albeit temporarily.''
Local stocks are poised to open lower after a weak night of trading on Wall Street, while the Aussie dollar climbs again and gold slumps further.
What you need2know:
- SPI futures down 14 points to 5344 at 8.45am AEDT
- AUD at 91.35 US cents, 93.39 Japanese yen, 66.01 Euro cents and 55.36 British pence at 5.55am AEDT
- On Wall St, S&P500 -0.5%, Dow Jones -0.2%, Nasdaq -1.2%
- In Europe, Euro Stoxx 50 -1.4%, FTSE100 -0.6%, CAC -1.4%, DAX -1.7%
- Spot gold drops 2% to $US1308.028 an ounce
- Brent oil slips 0.2% to $US106.72 per barrel
- Iron ore falls 0.2% to $US110.50 per metric tonne
What's on today:
- Speech by Philip Lowe, RBA deputy governor, to the ASIC Annual Forum 2014, Sydney, at 3.45 AEDT
Stocks to watch:
- Companies reporting interim profit results include: New Hope, Premier Investments, TPG Telecom.
- G8 Education shares halted pending statement on shares placement.
- Stocks trading ex-dividend today: Alacer Gold, Brookfield Prime Property Fund, Cromwell Property, Meridian Energy, Myer and Sunbridge Group.
- Ainsworth Game raised to overweight vs neutral at JP Morgan.
- Aristocrat Leisure raised to overweight from neutral at JP Morgan.
Good morning and welcome to the Markets Live blog for Tuesday.
Your editors today are Jens Meyer and Patrick Commins.
This blog is not intended as investment advice.
BusinessDay with wires.


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True, especially Amir - he should have played more. But they did play enough and Afflalo even started a few games for us. Versus Hunter who hardly played at all and Theo who was added late and did not play enough. Maxiel was playing great and was pretty much taken out of the rotation for the final 2 games. I thought that Flip sort of over matched up with the Celtics that took away from Pistons basketball and what got us there in the 1st place.
Sheed shot 26 3-pointers in the ECF. In 4 out of 6 of the games, he made 0 of them. In round 1, he shot 29 3-pointers in 6 games. In round 2, he shot 20 in 5 games. So, a total of 75 3-point attempts in 3 rounds of playoff action. Our best 3-point shooter, Chauncey Billups, attempted 11 fewer. Why would a team have a career 34% shooting center/forward take so many 3's when we're getting out rebounded? Sheed committed 28 fouls against the Celts and was in foul trouble in each of the last 4 games, fouling out once. He got to the FT line ONCE in the last 4 games of the year! Where is your big man when you need him? Late for shoot around, no-show for the actual game. I'm so frustrated. At this point, I'm almost ready to let Flip off the hook for the failure. How come our 2 injured players were our best players?
Flip is a better coach now than 2 years ago. But he still is not the kind of coach that can sense the flow of the game, make quick adjustments and go with the flow when appropriate. I just don't see how AA or Amir would have turned the tables on the Celtics. Do I wish they played some? Yes. But the key to our loss is plain old age. No loose balls, giving up offensive boards, etc., most of that came from slowness due to age. These same players were all over the court in 2004. Stuckey played but he wasn't integrated in the starting unit so his impact was not overpowering. What if we had a young big like Hortford or Smith to throw into the mix. Or a young Ben Wallace. The story would be different.
I'm a little confused. You say you don't see how the young guys could have turned the tables on the Celtics, but you say that the key reason we lost is age. Wouldn't that mean that the young guys could have made the difference? I'm not trying to argue whether it's true or not that they should have played, I'm just analyzing your statement.
Great Post. Lets assume the best case scenario for Flip (he did not do anything wrong)...but what did he do better than LB and Rick Carlisle? It's a coach's job to help the team win. People should not praise Flip for not making a mistake.
I couldn't agree any more with your entire post! I agree with you that Flip is better now than he was 2 years ago, but is still not good enough. I disagree with you that age was the factor. I think that Flip still made plenty of mistakes, but that he made less of them in the playoffs than he did in the regular season, so it seemed like he did a better job of coaching than he really did.
What I mean about the age is often we would make a stop but it took a lot of effort and then we were not quick enough to get the loose ball. Some of the rebounds were of that variety. Or, we would tip the ball away but rarely actually recover it. Who is fast enough to dive on balls in our starting 5? Who is fast enough to make a key rotation? Look at it from this angle. Who is playing this late in the playoffs with the center and power forward at age 33? Or, who has essentially no players in the starting line up under 30? (Tay is 29). When we took the Lakers, the Wallaces were 28, Billips 26, Rip 25 and Tay 24. Wow! What a difference! Yes, we have youth. Stuckey is the guy but has played 1/2 a year and is not really integrated with the starters. So not a big impact. Maxiel has trouble boarding and another high pick. Amir and Afflalo are high picks who have yet to show they can really produce at a finals level and at any rate, are not integrated into the lineup/rotation. I think we finally have to break up our starters. I hate to say it. We will win a bunch of games as is. But I can't project this team into the NBA finals a year older still.
So you think the problem is that our starters are old, and even with a young bench, we can't overcome that problem? That's probably a valid argument.
CoyneJeremey: Lets say we have a new coach and he plays AA and everyone big minutes. I see 3 problems. 1) A good problem. How do you get Stuckey to be a key in the offense with Rip and Billips. Stuckey needs major minutes. The offense needs to let him be a focal point like a Wade. 2) Our other bench guys are picks late in the draft. Yes, everyone loves them. They each have skills but I am not overly-optomistic that they are the answer to the problems of our starting 5. For example, lets say Amir does play well and score some, block some shots. But he is still not the big body (banger) we need down low. He does have speed to overcome one of our problems but it is tricky in terms of finding the right mix of our stars and youth. 3)To integrate youth means to put one or two of the starting 5 coming off the bench or it means trading an asset (one or two of our starters for other key guys (stars) who might make a better mix). That is up to Joe. I don't think the free agent market is the key. A trade may be the key. We would win a lot of games standing pat. That is the irony of the situation. We are really good but not good enough.
The key of trade season is Sheed. It will only made to a team trying to get over the hump and make the 2nd round or conference finals at least. In that scenario, I only see these teams that could benefit from dealing with Sheed: 1. Orlando 2. Phoenix 3. Charlotte(due to LB) 4. Cavaliers (and yes I'd take Ben back) 5. Dallas (Cuban could handle Sheed - they're made for each other) 6. New Orleans 7. San Antonio 8. Chicago 9. Atlanta 10. Denver
I agree with all of that. He'd actually be a great fit for Orlando and quite a complement to Howard. They have so many problems with the rest of their team, that I don't see how they could function after giving up Turk or other valuable players though.
i know it is way late but, better late than never for a hogcap right? my buddy and i got to the palace relatively early, but it was a bit weird...there wasn't anything going on in front of the palace and nothing much to get people excited. i remember a couple years ago people got blinking lights, shirts, workman's outfits, bobbleheads...nothing really this year. i didn't know sheed was late to shoot-around, but it fits with what happened at the start of the game. normally sheed does his dance in the circle to get his teammates fired up - he didn't. then before the start of every playoff game (ever since i've been there), he points once to each section of the crowd to get them riled up, and then waves his arm in a circle and the Palace goes nuts. he didn't do it. and the crowd never really got into it from there...it was really awkward, and everyone seemed pretty confused by it. that, his demeanor, and his play throughout the game (wow nice botched bunny toward the end) made it feel like he abandoned the Pistons. for that game alone, he should not be brought back for the last year of his contract. he played so well the 1st two rounds and became cliff robinson in the ECF. there is just no way he can be here next year. the Game 6 crowd didn't hold a handle to the Game 4 crowd. i'm not sure just how much sheed had to do with that...but whereas last time i would yell and people would yell with me, it was more like i would yell and people would turn around and give me funny looks. like when tayshaun made a terrible turnover and they showed the replay, i yelled 'YOU IDIOT' and people looked at me weird. anyway, some things i just didn't understand about the game. like when we had chauncey, lindsey, and stuckey all in the game at once...and lindsey was the guy handling the ball! da heck? tayshaun sucked too...i remember a play in Game 3 or Game 4 where a rebound bounced near him and he barely saw it and didn't even make a play for it. he just didn't give it his all, and it's very disconcerting that he got so much rest in the regular season and can't play well for 40-mins a night (with a ton of long TV timeouts) for 5-10 games. a couple other things happened that warrant mentioning. while the game was still close, with about 3 or 4 minutes left bill davidson left the arena. our friends sit in the same section where joe dumars's suite is behind them, and they said he also left with about 5 or 6 minutes to go. and even the crowd seemed to check out of it (and some fans even leaving early) before it was actually over. it's like everyone sensed the inevitable and bailed...i dunno. as the game was slipping away and it ended, i felt weird - Game 5 against Cleveland last year I was emotionally drained, hurt, and p1ssed to the point that my buddy and i were shown on TNT sulking in our seats. this year i didn't even feel that sad, like i was prepared for the collapse or that i just didn't care as much about a team that didn't seem to have the hunger or desire to give it their all every night like the championship team in 2004 did. and it seemed like the rest of the fans felt the exact same way, because when the game ended there weren't any boos, there weren't any cheers, and it wasn't even dead quiet like hearts were ripped out. the fans became what the core 4 has become - apathetic, familiar, and content with their 1 championship. the crowd was also weird in that a lot more people than usual got really, really drunk. i saw a woman having to be helped down the stairs. i saw 2 fans almost fight with each other. i saw a group of 4 guys consume 4-5 beers, one guy so wasted that during the game he felt compelled to stand up for 3-4 minutes and block everyone's view, despite people screaming at him to sit down. he was completely oblivious and just took his time trying to count his change and pay for his beer. as my buddy and i were leaving, a couple girls high-fived us and said 'at least the wings won tonight' even though they didn't have a game. to top it all off, it was pouring outside which kept a lot of fans in the lobby just waiting to leave. my buddy's entire face (head, hair, and all) was painted in half red and half blue, and he got it smeared and running all over when we finally decided to say 'screw it' to the rain and walk to the car. it was the perfect way to end a perfectly disappointing season - it sucked, but all you could do was shrug your shoulders, sigh, and head on home empty handed.
Thanks for the last hog blog, wart. Interesting comments about both JD and BD leaving when the outcome of the game was still in balance?? Wonder if they saw the handwriting on the wall and they met in the locker room to discuss a few issues before the team came in. Not good if management and the team giving up before it's time...
New Orleans would be great for sheed; sandwiched between chandler and west. sheed would have a defensive player next to him as well as an offensive player next to him and chris paul as point guard.
Thanks for the recap, Hog. Very bizarre night in a lot more ways than I realized. Can you please confirm what you are saying here: Both Biil D AND Joe left with 5 minutes to goe? Were they sitting together? That is very odd.
i can't confirm about joe because i wasn't in the section to see him leave (my regular season seats are that section, but playoffs we sit upper level to save some $). but the older couple we talk to after every game said he left...if that means he just went inside his suite to watch the rest, i'm not sure. it's less surprising with bill davidson because he's literally only been to the palace for like 3 games this year...he doesn't look very healthy and has to have someone transport him around in a wheelchair...he always leaves early. i wouldn't read too much into either, but you never know.


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Where is IronStylus with all this commotion over Diana? I'm certain he could explain the ideas that went into the new skin
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I was disappointed as well, mainly because there are so many cool options for Asian-themed warrior armor and they just went with a purple dress instead. It just feels like they threw away a great opportunity, and what they came up with instead just doesn't look or feel like Diana at all. Maybe the particles will the awesome enough to save it, but I'm not sold on the concept.
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I reported its bugs and mentioned some issues -http://community.pbe.leagueoflegends...riven-reminder I didn't mention that the top of her hair looks really odd since I didn't want them to delete the thread. If they fixed the problems I mentioned, fixed her stupid hair and gave her nice particles then it would be a decent skin considering her DV skin sucks.
It's a Lunar Revel skin, which doesn't really have anything to do with the moon. It's supposed to be a Chinese thing. I like it.
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Hey guys, thanks for setting up the poll. Additionally, thanks for the feedback. I'd like to explain some of the context around this skin before I get into the nitty-gritty. This Diana skin was influenced by Chang E, a Chinese moon goddess. That's what made me move towards an outfit which utilized more cloth/drapery elements than armor elements. We wanted to create something a little more graceful, a different fantasy. Drapery was an aspect in this, something which I liked to mess around with since her base is so armor heavy. Silk felt better in this case I thought. Also, some of what's on her is some more traditional elements and motifs, they're styled away from the language of the base. On a technical note, there are a few discrepancies between the concept and the model. Some of these changes are due to tweaks to the model in order to make it read better in game, or simply might be drift away from the original concept. This sometimes happens. Other discrepancies however, are polish points mostly, things I think we might be able to address. All that being said, I've looked at the prevailing feedback throughout the night and noticing some trends, correct me if I'm wrong, or let me know what you think about these assessments: - There's some feeling that she might be a bit too "clothy", that something quintessential about Diana feeling like Diana is visually represented by relatively heavy armor. That might be a theme we need to more heavily integrate. - The tan of her skin tone is bringing her away from the sorta creepy other-wordly aspect she has. She might be a but too humanized here. Also her face might need some polish. She's missing makeup which I designed into her face for this particular skin. The lack of that might be hurting it. - The leggings, again, feeling too silken and possibly unnecessarily showing skin, they seem also to read as DV Diana's leggings to some people. - The cloth in general is a bit cool, and might need to warm as it comes into highlight. The gold might be looking a bit too copper/yellow at the moment and might need to come from a more peach color up to a cooler highlight. So, all that being said then, I'm going to experiment with some changes to the skin via paint-overs for our 3D modelers. At this point I have to warn that it's possible that nothing that I attempt may be used in the end for whatever reason. It may also be possible that we make changes that are less drastic, or more drastic. That's what PBE is for, to gain feedback and adjust if possible. Additionally, any changes I might make will most likely be along the lines of texture change rather than geometry change. This means there'd be no adding of more heavy plate, but I might play around with making areas that are now cloth, into thin armor or some other material. At this phase, making major geometry changes to the model is difficult due to the UV maps being pretty final and the fact that animation is already pretty much set. Again, I cannot stress enough, I don't know what changes I experiment with will make it into the final, if at all, but I see merit in some of the feedback I'm seeing and I'd like to try some iteration. Some potential solutions I see are as follows. Feel free to agree, disagree, or add ideas/reference: - I feel the general shapes are good. Placement of large forms is generally ok, so chances are the forms themselves wouldn't have to change too much. - I lke the billowy upper arms, but the bracers, rather than silk, could be made to feel like armor wrist protection. - I might play around with making her legs feel lightly armored rather than having a stocking feel to them. Closing the toe on the foot may help also. My gut also says that something might be goofy with the models foot size. I dont remember Dianas feet being that big =P - Im going to try to make the chest feel as though it has light armor under the drapery, and maybe add a more solid mid section. I am honestly very fond of the shape the fabric drape on her front makes in terms of in-game read. I dont want to loose that. I think though there might be some merit to the thought that the exposed chest might be unnecessary and maybe even detracting. I want that shape there, but maybe I could make an elegant under-armor garment that covers the chest, with a similar color, but goes up to the neck. There's some other random ideas I have but it's a lot of minutia. Anyways, again. PBE content is often really work in progress. That is indeed the case here but there might be some additional takeaways from the feedback thats hitting on things that wouldn't really change even if they were polished to a higher level. Im going to do my best with the time we have to see what changes I can help facilitate inside the team. We have extremely talented artists, they do an amazing job, and overall Im satisfied with the direction that this skin is going. I feel its a nice alternative feel for her, but I do see merit in what people are suggesting. I would like to see the conversation move forward with suggestions, productive comments, actionable feedback and reference if people have images they feel are appropriate. Ill do what I can to help make this feel better so long as the team feels it's the right direction. I have to make sure any and all changes are cool with the Skins team. I cannot go making unilateral decisions, even if I think theyre the right thing to do. I have to work with my team and help them in whatever the way I can. It could be decided we have no time or resources to make changes. It might be something we have to live with, but Id like to propose some changes to the skin to the team at large and facilitate some changes if we feel theyre adding value. Do i think the skin could ship today if it was feature complete? Yes, but I feel there's some opportunity here, so I'm going to see what I can do. Please be patient, I have to make sure I go about everything the right way and that the team is aligned. I don't want to make assurances that I cannot back up, nor make promises I can't keep. If the team also feels there's opportunity, chances are we can do some fun stuff. I'll check in with them to see how they feel. Again, thanks for the feedback, I hope I can help to improve things. Well see how it goes.
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