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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... The share market continues to rise on anticipation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank next week. A fall in the Australian dollar under 78 US cents was also good for companies with operations overseas, with the major banks and big resources companies driving ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... and State Street Global Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn. Speaking about the fall in value of the Australian dollar, Eslake said that "the RBA is not going to cut the cash rate this year, but it will be as active as they have been in the money ...

iShares launches currency hedged international ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... increasingly in demand, the head of BlackRock's iShares business in Australia, Jon Howie said. "In recent years the Australian dollar has displayed equity-like volatility against the US dollar, adding another layer of risk to our clients' investment ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... economy will do well," Sherwood added. Unhedged portfolios exposed to global assets can benefit from the falling Australian dollar, which means "this is a good time to rebalance and get more exposure to industries such as healthcare, IT and biotechnology ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Australians all, let us rejoice for exactly on the day we celebrated our national day, the A-dollar dropped to US$0.7855 - its lowest level since July 2009 - bringing it closer to the US$0.75 mark that would make RBA Governor Glenn Stevens a happy little ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... above the $1.27 billion originally announced for the year to March 2014. Cited reasons for this include the 6.5% Australian dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility and increased performance fees from the group's managed funds ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... ascended $1.73 to $59.98. Macquarie Group is on track to post its biggest profit in eight years as the lower Australian dollar and improved market activity bolsters its earnings. GUD Holdings, the owner of the kitchen appliances brand Sunbeam, ascended ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... for the economy will make it tough for earnings growth to come through. That means that despite a drop in the Australian dollar to 82 US cents, a better risk-reward proposition might be found off-shore. "Global markets are back at their highs and we ...

Australia according to Gov Glenn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... more or less is my diagnosis I think... confidence is the thing that is kind of the missing ingredient." The Australian dollar: "Well, I think it's quite likely that it will a year from now be lower than it is today, on the basis of the facts that we ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... weekend. Major central banks boosting their respective economies are also good for Australia - so is the weakening Australian dollar. Being one of the very few select countries still rated AAA says it all. But nah, Australia is doomed! We're already ...