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Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... quarter's reading of 1.3% annualised. (As an aside, the second estimate of June quarter US real GDP will be released this Friday. Expectations are that it'll be lowered to 1.1%.) However, the warning signs of an impending recession were hammered deeper ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was more than one US cent lower on Friday, as risk sentiment deteriorated and Asian equity markets tracked Wall Street firmly into the red. Risk sentiment unravelled overnight as fears about global growth, European sovereign debt ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... and poor economic data from the US prompted the Australian dollar to tank almost one US cent overnight. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.89 US cents, down from 104.83 US cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEST on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... to the market. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.26 US cents, up from 102.80 US cents on Friday. Since 0700 AEST on Monday, the local unit traded between 103.57 US cents and 104.34 cents. CMC Markets foreign exchange dealer ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Black swan events occur much more frequently than modeling predicts, a seminar heard on Friday, so portfolios need to be designed to withstand unpredictable turbulence. Tom Robinson, managing director of education at the CFA Institute, a global organisation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... week's wild ride. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.68 US cents, up from 102.80 US cents on Friday. Since 1700 AEST on Friday, the local unit traded between 102.46 US cents and 103.76 US cents. It hit a peak of 110.81 US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... rallying overnight on the back of improved sentiment from the US and Europe. Despite opening almost half a US cent higher on Friday morning, due to the return of risk sentiment, by 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at 103.17 US cents. Royal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... 0656 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was up 71 points at 4,164. In economics news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $700 million of May 2021 Treasury Bonds. In equities, Mount ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... Some shares "bounced" as their prices were driven back up, but most still finished lower. After slumping 101 points on Friday -- nearly 3 percent -- and another 91 points on Monday, the index dropped to its lowest point in 10 months, 3,055 points, before ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... depths on Tuesday morning, following Wall Street's first trading session after the downgrade of US sovereign debt last Friday. Energy stocks were hit particularly hard at the open, down 5.88 per cent according to IRESS data. Industrials and materials ...