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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... that effectively drove the Aussie dollar higher," Ms Ong said. The Australian dollar offers higher yields than other currencies while being regarded as more risky, so tends to rise when there is good financial news and declines when news is bad. European ...

BetaShares adds major currencies to ETF range

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... Corbett. "Through our range of currency ETFs, Australians can take long or short term views on three of the largest currencies in the world." The new ETFs will trade under the ASX codes 'POU' and 'EEU'. Last week BetaShares launched two leveraged trading ...

Investors mine social networks for top tradings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... top performers on the network and mirror them trade-by-trade. The global firm provides the ability to trade foreign currencies and other instruments via a mirror of the market and charges no fees for its service as it makes its money from trading spreads. ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... The first time they tried - and failed - was in 1865 when France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland tried to unify their currencies by forming the Latin Monetary Union. They were joined by Spain and Greece in 1868, and Romania, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Serbia ...

No change to Korea, Taiwan status: MSCI

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... accessibility issues, in particular the lack of full currency convertibility, MSCI said in a statement. The countries' currencies do not trade actively enough on foreign currency markets, while domestic markets have limited trading hours, requiring investors ...

China not exporting inflation: AMP/AXA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... which is already dropping off," said Dutton. China's export prices have declined but in economies experiencing weak currencies, such as the US, they do not receive the lower prices once they have been translated in to their domestic currency. "China ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
The Australian dollar was lower against most major currencies on Wednesday morning, weighed down by weak trade figures released on Tuesday. At 0700 (AEST) on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.72 US cents, down from 107.03 cents on ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... speculation? Really? What was gold's rally all about then? Isn't it because of speculation over debasement of fiat currencies/hyperinflation/double-D? Why did Comex increase the initial margin requirement for trading in silver? Isn't it because to contain ...

IMCA: International expert to speak on the development of debt markets in emerging global economies.

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... responsible for developing views on the global economy and making relative value recommendations among global bond markets, currencies, and sectors. Dr Higgins was the 2010 Recipient of the Robert T. Parry Award for Exemplary Contributions in the Field ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... bond prices rose as traders moved money into safer assets. The dollar rose 0.8 per cent against a group of other major currencies. The euro dropped 1.5 per cent against the dollar. Energy stocks fell three per cent, the most of any of the 10 industries ...