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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
The Australian share market continued its run higher at midday bolstered by the banks, offsetting softer miners and a weak lead from Wall Street. The largest bank by market value, National Australia Bank, led the way higher jumping over five per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower this morning, following the negative lead from Wall St on Friday, and a mixed market in base metals in London. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index at 0738 AEST was down 83 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street stocks provided no clear lead, base metals generally were higher, and gold and oil were up up on Friday. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
After months of share market swings, interest rate rises and petrol price jumps, news that house prices might climb 40 per cent over the next five years didn't quite get the reception you would have expected. Instead it just showed how bad the outlook ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

Vietnam the next LPT hotspot

While Australia and Singapore continue to lead the stakes in global listed property trusts, the surprise star in a new survey is Vietnam, jumping from the sixth spot to third in predicted property market growth. The findings came from the Asia Pacific ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Australian shares had surged by almost four per cent at noon led by banking stocks after the US Federal Reserve announced a $US200 billion liquidity injection into the financial sector overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained ...

Household wealth breaks through $5 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Household wealth in Australia is now estimated to be $5.1 trillion after jumping 12 per cent last year, reveals the latest analysis from Treasury. The figures are contained in a Treasury Roundup discussion paper by analysts Anthony Goldbloom and Andrew ...

AXA Rosenberg eyes emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
AXA Rosenberg plans to launch an emerging market fund in the Australian market in three months, tailored to suit a super fund's 'alpha needs'. Douglas Burton, managing director and head of investments in Australia and New Zealand at AXA Rosenberg, said ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
Even though the bad news keeps coming for the US economy, the real economy is holding up remarkably well, perhaps too well. Ben Bernanke yesterday told US Congress that economic conditions are getting worse as the sub-prime contagion spreads from the ...