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| | | ... below the 50 expansion/contraction mark for two consecutive months. In the UK, consumer confidence was unchanged at 52 in August - the lowest level since 2004. High inflation levels deter both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank from lowering ... |
| | | | The Australian stock market may rise slightly today after US equities were mixed but little changed overnight and commodities, too, were mixed, with oil and gold falling and copper gaining. At 0707 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ... |
| | | | Perennial Global Shares High Alpha fund returned 1.68 per cent last month, more than double its benchmark's 0.67 per cent gain. But for a fund with an impressive two-year track record, only a small pool of investors has heard about it. The fund was ... |
| | | | The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered on market expectations and cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 7.0 percent. The ink on the RBA's decision has barely dried but markets were at it again, expecting another quarter of a percent ... |
| | | | AustralianSuper has reviewed its securities lending protocols and decided to continue the practice. "AustralianSuper, similar to most super funds, employs a range of short and long-selling strategies in order to maximise investment returns to members," ... |
| | | | ... indexes, the Beige Book, unit labour costs and payrolls. The ISM manufacturing index is expected to remain balanced at 50 in August -- the delineation line between growth and contraction. The ISM non-manufacturing survey is also expected to remain steady ... |
| | | | The Australian stock market has received negative leads from Wall Street on Friday, although in a special trading session on in New York yesterday, oil rose again in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav making landfall in the continental US. At 0751 AEST ... |
| | | | The Australian dollar is fast becoming the victim of the worsening global growth outlook. The A$ fell by 1.6 per cent against the US dollar to around US$0.8550 and by 1.7 per cent vis-a-vis the yen to about Y93.50. Reports that the International Monetary ... |
| | | | Challenger Financial Services Group chief executive Mike Tilley is stepping down just as the group announced today that its funds under management dropped 19 per cent in the last financial year. According to a statement on the Australian Securities ... |
| | | | This Week's Market Movers (25 - 29 Aug 2008) Last week's economic releases continued the common theme of global weakness and elevated inflation. Financial market activity were once again volatile as thin trading volumes exaggerated downward moves in ... |
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