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The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... something wrong with our share market because, "The main US stock index, the S&P 500, hit another fresh record high in overnight trading. Contrast that with the benchmark index in Australia, the S&P/ASX 2000 [sic], which, while up slightly today, is ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... there's just no bringing back gold's shine. Gold was hit for six - that is, prices dropped for a sixth consecutive day overnight - down to a low of US$1,088.05 per ounce (the lowest since March 2010). It managed to close a bit on the up to US$1,102.05 ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... the deadline delay by the Greek Parliament. No one dared move... just in case. The S&P 500 index showed more reaction overnight - up 0.8% -- more because of Greece (austerity measures passed by Parliament) and better-than-expected US company earnings ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... uncertain, and unanticipated developments could delay or accelerate this first step". The Bank of Canada's "surprise" move overnight, cutting interest rates by 25 bps to a 6-year low 0.5% also brings us back to early this year. Remember the series of ...

Australian market strong after miners' gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... said. "The market is trending upward nicely and I wouldn't be surprised to see further rises." US stocks finished higher overnight, bouncing back from deep losses in the prior session. Gains were also made in Chinese and European markets, with the main ...

Bank glitch delays government super payments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... payments by value and volume were processed yesterday and that they were expecting the remaining 1% to be processed overnight. "The cause of the delay in the payment of pensions appears to be a change in our bank's processing arrangements that provide ...

Australia stocks tumble on commodity falls

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... continued fall in commodities and a weak lead from Wall Street. Iron ore prices in China plunged to a fresh six-year low overnight, falling more than 10 per cent to $US44.59 a tonne. The soft opening on the local market comes after a bruising session ...

Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... in commodity prices on concern about China's turbulent stock market. Iron ore fell 4.6 per cent to $49.70 US a tonne overnight, close to April's 10-year low of $46.70. Nickel fell nine per cent and copper has hit a six-year-low while iron ore had been ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Chimbo OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! A$ down... and the RBA didn't even have to lift a finger. Yes Virginia, it didn't happen overnight but it did happen. The A$ broke below US$0.74 (US$0.7398) last night - the first since mid-2009 - despite the RBA keeping ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... offshore markets' tempered reaction to Greece's rejection of bailout terms. US and European stock markets dipped slightly overnight, but not as much as feared in the wake of Sunday's referendum in Greece. Greeks voted against European-imposed austerity ...