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Sub-prime still has teeth

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
As the sub-prime monster refuses to die, Standard & Poor's takes the scissors to the financial sector sin-bin - snipping at ratings, while the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA) could be giving Goldman's profits a Sherlock Holmes. Fears ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Looks like the May budget's tax cuts have poured straight into cash registers as retail spending data has shown a blow-out that has the market not just certain Cup Day will win us a rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Despite China's strong influence, Australia's currency if not our economy still seems joined at the hip with the US, and the latest Federal Reserve rate cut can be expected to have a substantial knock on effect at home. Not all Federal Reserve board ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Debt is becoming a colossal problem in Australian and we seem to be losing the battle to pay it as defaults across credit card debt, personal loans and mortgages have risen nationally by 35.5 per cent. In their latest study, based on 14million-plus ...

All about Eve

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
Barclays' Wealth Management has estimated that by 2020, women will outnumber men in the millionaire's club, and within 20 years, 60 per cent of the world's wealth will be managed by women. The global study is supported by local research from Veda Advantage ...

Race to the pump

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
Fill up now, and expect to pour more cash into the tank next time, as new supply problems and increasing tensions in the Middle East have the price of oil flirting with US$94 a barrel for the first time ever. It's official; the price of oil has climbed ...

Airing the dirty sub-prime linen

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
Did he jump or was he pushed? Either way Merrill Lynch boss Stanley O'Neal will be wearing a large golden parachute to ensure his soft landing, despite the investment bank's recent announcement of spectacular sub-prime losses. As Bloomberg tells it ...

Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Offshore markets rolled over and played dead again overnight, scared silly by another petrol price spike, while the Aussie dollar continued to run on ahead. The Australian dollar rose to a fresh 23-year high of 0.9090, after opening in London at 0.9030 ...

Raging bull in sub-prime abattoir

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
The offshore-bulls were running rampant overnight, straight into the abattoir as rumours of a huge sub-prime loss for Merrill Lynch proved to be true. The world's biggest brokerage firm Merrill Lynch reported a blowout in losses in its third quarter ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
Media mentionitis surrounding channel Nine's controversial worm seems to have stolen the limelight from economic aspects of the election campaign, but the latest PPI figures could turn the spotlight. While tax cut plans and economic debate have been ...