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Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Good news begets good news. The number of headlines and stories trumpeting that we are getting close to the end of the global financial crisis tunnel had been increasing over the past few weeks. Equity markets like these. They rallied and continue to ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... tumbled by 53 basis points overnight to 2.48 per cent - the biggest fall since 1962. But wait. Look at the US dollar exchange rate. It too has tumbled against other major currencies overnight. The greenback depreciated by as much as 3.6 per cent against ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was marginally stronger at noon following gains in the financial sector. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 3,357.5 while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 26.6 points ...

BPM measures carbon impact

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... listed and unlisted portfolios. "We build these tools and give them all sorts of levers to play with, so if the US exchange rate goes to 90 cents, what's going to happen to the Australian dollar and our dividend? The analyst is able to run through a ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... that started in the US sub-prime sector and had been strangling the stock and money markets is now morphing into an exchange rate problem. Increased risk aversion and the unwinding of yen carry trades have boosted the Japanese currency to its highest ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... inflationary pressure. A few years back, Japan contemplated on removing the two zeros from the yen so that the US$/yen exchange rate would become, for instance 1.10 yen to US$1 instead of 110 yen to US$1. It may not have to do this any more, the US dollar ...

Advisers snub commission-free ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... risk involved in offshore index based ETFs, as movements in the value of the Australian dollar and the Japanese yen exchange rate could change the index value expressed in the Australian ETF.

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... brought about by higher costs - wages, raw materials and distribution - and reduced competitiveness due to the high exchange rate, suggest that this trend towards higher unemployment could continue in the months ahead. US Fed Speeches. US Federal Reserve ...

Canadian pensions down again

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Canadian pension funds suffered a slump for the third consecutive quarter as deepening financial worries depressed equity markets worldwide. According to a survey by RBC Dexia Investor Services, Canadian pension funds suffered a 1.9 per cent slide in ...

China response has big trade implications

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... on China for so long. Making China even more important is how they help us contain inflation through their fixed exchange rate that has meant the costs of Chinese manufactured import goods have fallen in real terms. But in case the Sinophiles can't work ...