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Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Have no fear, the Fed is here...to stay. Perhaps spooked by the pause on Wall Street in recent days, the Fed found it necessary to re-assure investors that borrowing rates would remain practically free for an "extended period." As if? Yes, as if the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 20 points at ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Flat. This was how Wall Street ended while we were sleeping after climbing non-stop for six straight days. With the investment environment still fluid, investors decided last night to exchange some of their paper profits on equities and commodities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices and commodities prices mostly lower, although the Dow Jones Industrial Average turned positive in afternoon trade and the price of gold was higher. At ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... columns since the GFC no longer stood for the Geelong Football Club but the Global Financial Crisis. And this is that Wall Street - and by extension, most other equity markets around the world -- would continue to edge higher for as long as Uncle Sam ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received a strong lead from overseas, with Wall Street's key stocks indices all higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0826 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index futures contract was 78 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas for trading on Monday, with Wall Street's key stocks indices all higher, along with gold, but other commodities lower. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
While Wall Street looks far, far ahead on when its central bank would announce its first interest rate hike, Australians have only three weeks to go before they might see another one. With only a fortnight and a week to go, speculation have been ebbing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received a strong lead from US securities trading on Wall Street and gold again was higher, although other metals and oil were lower. At 0818 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after strong leads from Wall Street. At 0813 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 23 points higher at 4,544. In economic news on Thursday ...