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NAB Super eases hedging as dollar soars

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... Euro and British Pound. The Australian dollar hit $97.92 US cents overnight - bringing it closer to parity with the greenback. The Australian currency has been acting as a proxy for risk in investment markets over the past two years, according to the ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... on purchasing power parity. This means that the Australian dollar should be trading at around US$0.6843 against the greenback instead of the current US$0.9374. OMG! Bloomberg quoted several currency strategists to prove its point. Reasons ranged from ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... appreciate in times of shock (even if the underlying asset declines) as investors flock to the perceived safe haven of the greenback. The Zenith report pointed out that the Australian dollar was the second most volatile currency from the developed world ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... domestic economic setting that justifies an 8.4 per cent depreciation in the Australian dollar against the American greenback in May alone. But in an interconnected world, no man is... No one's still certain what the end game in Europe would be - Greek ...

Australian dollar separates winners and losers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Patient unhedged global equities investors are rewarded as the value of the Australian dollar falls against the greenback but the same event may be causing havoc in portfolios that aren't regularly rebalanced, according to experts. The Australian dollar's ...

Perennial eyes US recovery for next returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... to Australian dollar-exposed stocks opting to invest heavily in companies that will benefit from the recovery of the greenback. John Murray, managing director at Perennial Value Management, who celebrates his 10th anniversary at the helm of the fund ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... (or a fall in the Australian dollar) should not materially affect Australia's export earnings that are priced in the greenback. Why? The lower price of the commodity - whatever commodity it is - would be offset by the higher exchange rate of the US dollar. ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... euro has continued to strengthen against the US dollar since then. It traded at an all-time high US$1.60 versus the greenback on 22 April 2008. Then came the GFC. The global financial crisis weakened the euro vis-a-vis the safe haven US dollar through ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... about further devaluation of the US dollar. US dollar weakness has prompted China, Russia and India to propose that the greenback be replaced by a multi-reserve currency system. When faith in the fiat currency is lost, hard commodities such as gold provide ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... unemployment claims. A weaker dollar is lifting demand for US goods, which become less expensive for foreign buyers when the greenback falls. The Commerce Department said a rise in exports helped narrow the nation's trade gap to $US32.9 billion ($A36.2 ...