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Sub-prime chewing up financials

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... markets, and many analysts now expect crude to push through the US$100 per barrel by the end of the year. This sent the Aussie dollar to new highs of US94 cents and today's range is forecast between 0.927 and 0.93.4 US cents. While the higher Aussie ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... per cent annually, meaning inflation is still a concern. Meanwhile, the Fed's rate cut to 4.5 per cent helped boost the Aussie dollar to yet another 23-year high of US 0.9338 cents. Indeed, the AUD gained against all G10 currencies, especially versus ...

Equities without borders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... companies are thinking, why are we all here sitting back and saying that 'It's alright, we'll just define our universe as Aussie equities and not worry about it," Conlon said. While it's easy to sit back and bask on the phenomenal returns of Australian ...

Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Offshore markets rolled over and played dead again overnight, scared silly by another petrol price spike, while the Aussie dollar continued to run on ahead. The Australian dollar rose to a fresh 23-year high of 0.9090, after opening in London at 0.9030 ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
Worse-than-expected CPI figures could crash the Melbourne Cup Carnival, while the Aussie dollar dances to the beat of the rate hike speculation. The trimmed mean consumer price index (CPI) figure rose to 0.9 per cent in the September quarter and consensus ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... the past year has seen a suspiciously close correlation between movements in the two indexes. On one hand the our stellar Aussie dollar, which has slipped back just slightly from its US91Ac high, it is still inflicting pain on exporters. However, cheaper ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... rates beyond the Reserve Bank's 25 basis point increase in the official cash rate pushed through in August. Macquarie and Aussie have put up standard variable rates by 10 basis points. Rams, Adelaide Bank and Resi have put up variable rates by 15 basis ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... "It's another piece of data that the US economy is holding well," she said. "We saw steady demand for currencies like the Aussie-yen. That underpinned the Aussie-US." The Australian dollar is tipped to hit 91 US cents today and is expected to be bought ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... on your international equities," he said. He said with Australian super funds currently hedging 47 per cent against the Aussie dollar, $1.5 billion ended up disappearing with every one per cent rise in the local currency. As a result, he said 67 per ...

Singapore laybys Australia

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... home for global financial 'A' listers, and with escalating numbers of wealthy locals, Singapore has become a bit of an Aussie-phile when it comes to buying up assets. Reports back in May had the Australian Government holding residual operating assets ...