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Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... us? Back in Kansas, that's where. Low interest rates would continue to underpin improvement in the US economy and on Wall Street. These, along with the resumption of the downtrend in the US dollar, would reinforce the US dollar carry trade into emerging ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... stock markets faded on Monday, dragged down by profit-taking, but losses were limited by a strong start to the day on Wall Street. In London, the FTSE 100 index fell 11.7 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 5,310.66. FRANKFURT - Germany's Dax declined 32.9 ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... consensus. Better...jobs losses in September and October lowered by a total of 159,000. Yes, the report was music to Wall Street's ears that I could almost hear it singing, "Suddenly the wheels are in motion And I I'm ready to sail any ocean Suddenly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... the smallest monthly loss since December 2007, when the recession began. That's much better than the 130,000 losses Wall Street economists expected and an improvement from 111,000 jobs cuts in October. The unemployment rate fell to 10 per cent from a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... price of gold in Sydney was $US1,201.25 per fine ounce, down $US13.78 on Thursday's closing price of $US1,215.03. Wall Street traded flat most of the overnight session, before falling near the end of trade to end almost one per cent lower, mostly on ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... cranked up the printing press to buy mortgage securities, Treasury securities, commercial paper, and other assets from Wall Street. Those purchases, by the way, led to some nice profits for the Wall Street banks and dealers who sold them to you, and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas trading overnight, with Wall Street indices flat, precious metals mixed and oil flat. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 34 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received flat leads from Wall Street securities overnight, although metals were higher. Oil was lower, however. At 0759 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was six points higher ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... downward pull of the advanced economies, a tiny country like Australia could have melted ala Iceland. And guess what? Wall Street started the first day of December with a rally. Need I tell you why? In one word - China. The country's National Bureau ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after gains on Wall Street and European markets overnight. At 0710 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 57 points higher at 4,784. There ...