Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1591 - 1600 of 3653 results for "interest rates"

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... seven-year high as the yen retreated against the dollar thanks to investors betting on the US Federal Reserve hiking interest rates soon. The Nikkei in Tokyo, which was closed Wednesday for a public holiday, rallied 1.85 per cent, or 327.04 points, to ...

Global appetite up, local confidence down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... further afield," Certitude Global Investments chief executive Craig Mowll said. "The recent decision to cut official interest rates would appear to indicate that investors aren't the only ones concerned about the strength of our economy." Investors saw ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said investors interpreted the RBA's statement as suggesting the pressure to lower interest rates further was not as strong as the market expected. "We've come off our highs just after the release of this RBA ...

Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... economists surveyed by Bloomberg) who correctly anticipated the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) verdict to cut interest rates by 25 bps to a historic low 2.25% yesterday. They're heroes! So much so, that the Australian Financial Review's Philip Baker ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to a new record low and oil prices rebounded. At 0837 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 97 points at 5,740. Consumers are waiting ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market is higher amid growing expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates. The market is more than half a per cent higher, following strong gains from Wall Street and rising oil prices overnight. IG market ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... of America Merrill Lynch, wrapped up the forum with more local analysis, starting with terms of trade figures to interest rates. Contrary to what his peers say, he believes the next interest rate will be up, not down, although such a rate rise might ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... day... the day is the Australian central bank's first meeting for 2015. Despite "Roubini Global urges RBA to hold interest rates" (http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/roubini-global-urges-rba-to-hold-interest-rates-20150202-133s4z.html#ixzz3QcrDl5s9) ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... activity and the rising threat of falling prices. The central banks are going to war - "currency war" - by cutting interest rates (or threatening to cut them) and by so doing, hope to "beggar their neighbours" by depreciating their currencies and exporting ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... underlying specialist sector teams. The strategy is designed to achieve a positive return with a low sensitivity to interest rates," VicSuper chief investment officer Oscar Fabian said.