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Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... world's capital markets will probably prove more important than short-term fluctuations, as it did after the 1987 US stock market crash, the 1992 assault on the British pound, and the 1997 unraveling of Asia's financial markets," they said. The long ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was two per cent weaker after noon as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its inflation forecasts and warned of more interest rate rises. The local market had already gotten off to a bad start after US markets sank ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was in the black at noon on the back of a positive lead from Wall Street, after bargain hunting pushed US stocks up overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 56.5 points higher at 5,653.2, while the broader All ...

Fear brings opportunity for the wise

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... Black Tuesday saw the axing of over $100 billion from the share market, but savvy investors will realise the ailing stock market still boasts lucrative investment opportunities. According to a report by wise-owl, the cyclical nature of the share market ...

Double the super for wealthier Australians

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... report added that traditional diversified investors and all-equity investors would have been impacted by the recent stock market crashes. Some investors would have also "accidentally" arrived at this high growth allocation through over-confidence and ...

IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Stock market jitters and uncertainty in credit market, interest rates and inflation are all coming together to stall IPO activity, according to a survey just released by Deloitte. Steve Woosnam, Deloitte corporate finance partner, said while IPO seem ...

Power up on low emission stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
Fundamentally sound low-emission utility stocks represent good value following stock market corrections, according to Bakers Investment Group. Jeremy Baker, joint-managing director at Bakers Investment Group, said the company's AltexRed Index, which ...

Tricom trading on unusual terms

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... details amid the market and media rumour storm connected to the group's surge in margin calls and its failure to settle stock market trades at the beginning of this week. Tricom said in a media statement yesterday morning that it currently operates an ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... Open Market Committee (FOMC) continues its two-day meeting today to discuss interest rates. Responding to a global stock market rout early last week, the Fed chopped rates by 75 basis points bringing the federal funds rate down to 3.5 per cent. At 0750 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... were up. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets tonight to discuss interest rates. Responding to a global stock market rout early last week, the Fed chopped rates by 75 basis points bringing the federal funds rate down to 3.5 per cent. At ...