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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
The share market has opened lower as expectations of a delayed cut in interest rates weigh on the major banks. Firmer commodity prices had boosted some mining stocks, while a stronger Australian dollar had been a negative for some healthcare stocks ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... power to fix imbalances in the economy and they will use it. They are very pro-active about policy and will lower interest rates to address risks," she explained. Along with financial deregulation, the improving depth and tradability of Chinese debt ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... bonds for loans". This would give the Australian dollar an extra boost. So will the RBA if it decides not to cut interest rates again next Tuesday. The hope is that at the current A$ exchange rate, financial markets have already pencilled in the RBA's ...

Retirees 'much worse' off: RBA

JASON CADDEN FOR AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Life is not going to get easier for self-funded retirees as record low interest rates force them to take on riskier investments, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says. Central banks around the world have lowered their interest rates to stimulate ...

Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... they're setting their sights accordingly." Schiffman reiterated investors would likely see a way to supplement lower interest rates through equities as "people are starved for income in a low-interest rate environment." Surprisingly Australia ranked ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... less growth somewhere else." Chang, who chairs Janus Capital's investment committee, explained that negative real interest rates in Denmark, Switzerland and Germany are a clear sign that we live in unusual times and investors need to rethink their approach ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... get the show going." Miller predicts Australia's unemployment rate will reach 7% by December and the RBA will cut interest rates by 50 basis points. BlackRock says economic growth and monetary policy are diverging globally and the US Federal Reserve ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... are challenges for the future," Gartside said. Miller agrees, predicting the Reserve Bank of Australia will drop interest rates by at least 50 basis points before year's end. Miller also believes the Aussie dollar will fall to 70 US cents by December. ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... you repeat the question?" - 'Boss of Me' The question - again - is will the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates on the first Tuesday of next month? With barely two weeks to go and armed with the latest inflation update that the Australian ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... normalising monetary policy for more than a year now had the BOE stuck to its stated guidance to start "normalising" interest rates when the unemployment rate reaches the 7.0% threshold. That threshold was breached way back in January 2014 when the UK's ...