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Daily Economic Update

... the surge in crude oil during the month in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita which disrupted production in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is that financial markets expect a gradual improvement in the deficit in the coming months if the price ...

Hurricanes hit US equity funds, Latin American funds back in favour

... renewed concerns about the US fiscal deficits as it becomes clear that the damage done by the recent hurricane activity on the gulf coast will require significant new public expenditures." By contrast, Latin American equity funds were the star performers ...

Weekly economic roundup

... for extra oil. He added that OPEC could pump another 2 million barrels a day. Fears of another production calamity in the Gulf of Mexico due to 'Hurricane Rita' threatened another spike in oil prices. Nonetheless, prices eased late last week as the hurricane ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2005
... shares. Stocks cut their morning slide as the US National Hurricane Center said Rita, the second major hurricane to hit the Gulf of Mexico in less than four weeks, had weakened to a category three storm. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 2.46 ...

Oil hits record high as Yukos told to stop sales

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... settled up 99 cents to $US39.53 a barrel after hitting $US39.68, its highest level since October 1990, ahead of the first Gulf War.

Finance firm to launch India's first Islamic mutual fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
... Sareshwala said that since the 11 September, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, Muslims living in South Asia and the Gulf region have been hesitant about putting their money in the US and Britain. \"We will tap the Gulf money that is finding it ...

HFA appoints chief investment strategist

... group. Prior to his position at HFA and Rothschild Australia Asset Management, Pain held positions as senior vice president at Gulf international Bank, and vice president and head of asset allocation committee at Paribas Asset Management in London.

Small caps fire investor interest: fund managers

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... market bottomed in March, while the ASX's Small Ords small cap index had jumped 38 per cent since the initiation of the second Gulf War. "The increased value in small capitalisation stocks in Australia, as well as Asia and the world, highlight how investors ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks trail lower overnight

... Government is under pressure to resolve an embarrassing crisis involving a livestock ship carrying 57,000 sheep in the Persian Gulf. Meanwhile the G-7 summit in Dubai has resulted in a call to greater monetary flexibility by Asian economic giants Japan ...