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Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... They have no inherent value and their supply is theoretically unconstrained. When central banks decide to increase the monetary base well in excess of GDP growth, this by definition is value-destroying. A gold-based investment provides a hedge against ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... published a report saying that the G-20 is mulling a US$600 billion lending program for Europe through the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Just as quickly, CNBC's Steve Liesman twittered that, "Imf official denies 600b aid rumor." And where would ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... that would necessitate an immediate interest rate reduction. As for domestic activity, the RBA revealed in its November monetary policy statement that it expects "below-trend growth in the non-mining economy" but "growth in domestic demand... is still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Seng Index on Monday, rose 3.1 per cent to HK$8.20. The market was also buoyed by hopes that Beijing will announce fresh monetary easing after last week's cut in the reserve requirement ratio - the amount banks must keep in reserve. However, Shanghai ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... the hoped-for 1 trillion euros ($A1.33 trillion) they did give it new powers and called on help from the International Monetary Fund. Tokyo ended 0.51 per cent, or 43.21 points, lower at 8,434.61 and Seoul fell 0.49 per cent, or 9.01 points, to 1,847.51. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... resolution. BRUSSELS - Eurozone finance ministers struggled on Tuesday to control a debt crisis threatening to break up the monetary union as Italy's borrowing costs skyrocketed to alarming levels. MILAN - Italy's borrowing rates shot up to a new high ...

OECD: Economy to grow by 4% next year

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... modest falls in commodity prices should put inflation in these countries on a downward trend, allowing some easing of monetary policy," it stated.

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... Italian yields hit 7.3% in an auction of a,-567 mil 2023 inflation-linked bonds. And still in Italy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dismissed Italian newspaper, La Stampa's report that the IMF is readying a a,-600 bil bailout for Italy. Standard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... bargains despite a welter of what would normally be bad news. Dealers said a report that Italy was to get an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, later flatly denied, was taken positively as offering a way out for one of the most heavily indebted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... third quarter. Concerns over the eurozone debt crisis also continued to drag on sentiment, despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announcing the expansion of a credit line aimed at helping some countries protect themselves from contagion. Sydney ...