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Rate cut? maybe not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... given that domestic inflation remains elevated. Agreed, some of the recent indicators point to a slowing economy and commodity prices are slowly weakening. Agreed, these should lead to a reduction in price pressures going forward. But for now, Australian ...

QIC's new asset class a hot commodity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... market downturn revealed their performance could coincide. At the same time, energy, metal, bulk resources and other commodity prices have hit record highs, for example wheat prices, which have surged 130 per cent. These factors, Adriaan Ryder, QIC managing ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... forecasts to 3.9 per cent in 2008 and 3.7 per cent in 2009, if proved correct, would remove a major underpinning pushing up commodity prices. Growth below 4 per cent is typically considered as the rate that marks a global recession. Mounting market conviction ...

Deutsche smashes Euro ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... Switzerland. The bank's ETFs cover a range of asset classes including equity, bond, credit, currency, money market and commodity indices. Europe's ETF market represented more than $182 billion in assets under management at the end of June, across 29 ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
A fresh wave of negative news on the credit market, growth worries and a decline in commodity prices overnight will put downward pressure on today's trading in the Australian stockmarket. Renewed concern over the financial sector and the outlook for ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... transport & storage, property & business services, finance & insurance - and a 0.6 per cent fall in manufacturing. Higher commodity prices continue to boost investment spending in mining, rising by 4 percent in the March quarter after a strong 7.2 percent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... volume with resources in favour, but with financials taking the brunt of a dull market. "Resources are stronger on better commodity prices overnight," Mr Russell said. "They liked Santos's result and $300 million buyback, while financials continue their ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... conflicting forces - slowing growth and high inflation -- affecting the UK economy. Although still volatile, the weakening in commodity prices seen over the past few weeks and indications that the slowdown in global growth is gathering momentum, would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... meeting for A Class shareholders. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed firmly in the black after a stronger commodity prices drove resources sector higher, helping to overcome a negative lead from Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... concerned with this report because they give more weight to what the US consumer pays. In addition, the recent fall in commodity prices and the slowing global economy should alleviate pressure on producer prices going forward. However, they will surely ...