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More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... lows, weaker dollar and home ownership incentives all combine to make sure the country avoids a deep and protracted recession. Potential homeowners will also be the beneficiaries of the market downturn with housing affordability going back to levels ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... Monday as Hitachi Ltd plunged after it warned of a record $US7.8 billion ($A12.29 billion) loss amid a deepening global recession, while a string of other companies with grim earnings outlooks also tumbled. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Well now, there we have it. If the January effect holds, US equity investors and the rest of us should all go on vacation and come back next year. The January effect postulates that the US stock market's performance for the entire month of January predicts ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... IMF's forecast is highly likely. The UK's first estimate of fourth quarter real GDP finally confirmed its entry into the recession club. Economic growth contracted by 1.5 per cent in the December quarter - the biggest drop since 1980 - following a 0.6 ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... earnings so they're somewhat removed from the reductions in GDP," said Langley. Couple that with a deepening global recession and an expectation of infrastructure companies' earnings to "hold up pretty well" over the next to years - the asset class is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... cent on Wednesday, overcoming early losses on hopes that corporate earnings will not be as bad as feared during the recession. The Nikkei rose 45.22 points to 8,106.29, one day after it soared nearly five per cent. HONG KONG - The Hong Kong sharemarket ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... eased after companies including United States Steel Corp and American Express Co managed to post profits in a difficult recession. The major indices briefly stumbled after the Conference Board said its Consumer Confidence Index in January slipped to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... pushing for swift passage of the measure before the February 16 recess to try to pull the country out of a deepening recession. LONDON - European stock markets surged more than three per cent Monday, boosted by better-than-expected US data and by banking ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... Business Outlook. The press quoted the report as saying, 'Conditions are worsening very rapidly. This is not just a recession - it will be the sharpest deceleration Australia's economy has ever seen.' At the day of Obama's inauguration, headlines were ...

AUI trust posts solid returns, holds value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... property sector is shielded from any global economic downturn. "The properties are in the sector that is pretty much recession proof, it's a bit like neighbourhood shopping centres, in times of financial uncertainty, you'll still buy the groceries and ...