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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... these comments mean for credit markets and confidence in China going forward," Mr Shamu said. China's October property prices will be released on Monday and could also affect the ASX. All domestic market sectors were recording losses in early trade. ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... consensus before. However, cutting interest rates further also comes with its own risk -- that of sending rising property prices even higher. Given these, I have a feeling that Governor Glen might be thinking he's better off deciding which of the 24 ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... policy here too you know. Record low interest rates - official cash rate at 2.5% -- that's boosting share and property prices. Surely, the wealth effect spawned from these should encourage Australians to spend, and this spending should bolster economic ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Professional Standards Graeme Colley said that the role that SMSFs are playing in the current surge in residential property prices needs to be kept in perspective. "At June 30, property in SMSFs consisted mainly of non-residential property such as commercial ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Australia.A I gave her a tentative "we'll see".A That was until the following Sunday dinner that I saw how much property prices (in Melbourne) are going for these days.A Four hundred fifty thousand Australian dollars!A And we're not even talkin' bout ...

Generation Y busts SMSF age myth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... 20%) planning to set up an SMSF in the near future are still living with their parents. "As we are aware, high property prices are making it a real challenge for young Australians to enter the housing market and this is one of the main reasons why adult ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... night showed that the US economy is lookin' good. Consumer confidence, durable goods orders, new home sales and property prices all came in better than markets hoped for. Hoped for? Did I just say hoped for? Didn't every Tom, Dick and Harry and their ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... geopolitics. This economic activity could then stimulate the share market, flow into the ASX and after that commercial property prices. Demographic demand reinforcing concerns over food security coupled with already optimistic forecasts on major soft ...

BoQ first Aussie bank to post loss in 20 years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... first half of 2012 despite the bank returning to profit in the second, have been blamed on bad loans and plunging property prices in Queensland, as well as on a slowing economy. The last instance of an Australian bank going unprofitable for a year was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... points, to 2,448.88 on disappointment China has not yet reversed tightening measures introduced to cap soaring property prices. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 11.93 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 3,552.06.