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Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.70 per cent - significantly cheaper than the 4.82 per cent rate back in October 2008 and is now only about ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.70 per cent - significantly cheaper than the 4.82 per cent rate back in October 2008 and is now only about ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... cents at $35.00, ANZ had slipped 17 cents to $15.24, Westpac had dropped 31 cents to $19.07 and National Australia Bank had fallen 15 cents to $21.61 at 1203 AEST. The local market will have no lead for trading on Tuesday, with a bank holiday in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 52.3 points, or 1.37 per cent, at 3,761.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 49.3 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 3,755.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks closed slightly lower in choppy trade on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
The Australian share market had fallen more than one per cent at noon on Friday, following a night of similar losses on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 42.4 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 3,771.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
No confusion here. Wall Street would not be dragged into reacting to reports that US home building has fallen to its lowest level on record. Just imagine what could have happened had this report reached the headlines six months ago? US equities ended ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... Australia Bank was down 46 cents, or 2.04 per cent, at $22.14. Commonwealth Bank had sunk 72 cents to $35.96 and ANZ had fallen 26 cents to $15.96. Mining giant BHP decreased 87 cents, or 2.47 per cent, to $34.41, while rival Rio Tinto fell 87 cents ...

Instos search for cash alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... is 'no'. They may have been doing that till the end of last year, but as things have stabilised and as cash rates have fallen so much, paying away 25 per cent of your return as a guarantee fee is incredibly unattractive." He said the firm's fixed interest ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... equities have recouped all their 2009 losses and rose to a four-month high last night. The VIX index - or fear index - has fallen to 32.5 overnight, underscoring the reduction in uncertainty. This is the lowest level since September 2008 and represents ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... the 1930's, the US stock market plummeted 85 per cent from peak to trough in a period of 33 months. The S&P 500 has only fallen by roughly 57 per cent from peak to trough - and in only 16 months. More to go. These 'oracles' also remind us of failed rallies ...