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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... 'U.S. stocks tumbled in the last half hour of trading after shifting between gains and losses all day, pulled lower by commodity producers as investors speculated a global recession will damp demand for fuel and metals.' Bloomberg is not the only one. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Australian shares were lower at noon on the back of ailing commodity prices and a strong negative lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 171.1 points, or 4.12 per cent, at 3,985, while the broader All Ordinaries lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... contracts. Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said a weak night on American indices and large falls in commodity prices were adversely influencing the market. "The two that are copping it today are predominantly BHP and Rio. They're the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... points higher at 4,138, on volume of 14,899 contracts. Burrell Stockbroking associate Peter Wright said the fact that commodity prices had not gone down, as they had in previous sessions, had encouraged investors to buy resource stocks again. "With the ...

Aussie eq FMs shine in bad markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
Australian large cap equity managers that accounted for increasing commodity prices, corporate debt, a surging Australian dollar and rising global inflation weathered the financial storm better than others in the past 12 months. The Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... economy and global credit crisis would drag the world into recession. Resources stocks were hit hard on the back of lower commodity prices and an expectation that demand for commodities would fall further. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 286.6 ...

CSAM opens commodity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Credit Suisse Asset Management is to offer its enhanced commodity fund to the retail and institutional market as a way for investors to gain returns that are uncorrelated to equity markets. The Credit Suisse Enhanced Commodity Fund was launched roughly ...

Instreet calls on expertise for funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... investors with an indirect Australian dollar denominated exposure to the European based, Schroders Alternative Solutions Commodity Fund, which has approximately $3.5 billion in funds under management. "This open ended actively managed fund considers ...

Online rush for gold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... Australia have their own home-brand bullions which can be limiting in terms of resale in that it may not be a tradable commodity in the global marketplace. According to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU), the future of gold as a defensive ...

Online drill for gold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... Australia have their own homebrand bullions which can be limiting in terms of resale in that it may not be a tradable commodity in the global marketplace. According to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU), the future of gold as a defensive ...