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Sell dollars to buy stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Thud! Thud! Thud! This is the sound of my head banging on my desk. For I'm confused - really very confused. Wall Street again dropped big time last night - well to be more accurate, just bigger than the smaller daily falls we've gone accustomed to over ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed to the $64 billion Future Fund's Board of Guardians. Costello is expected to take up his post on 18 December, after officially quitting politics last month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 ...

Wesfarmers decision a win for ESG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... from institutional investors including Christian Super. Wesfarmers agreed to significantly invest to source the phosphate rock used in their production of agricultural superphosphate from areas outside of the Western Sahara. "Western Sahara is a disputed ...

Galleon sinks $4bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Galleon Group, one of the largest hedge funds in the US with $4 billion in assets shuts down after US watchdog SEC investigates the group's founder, Raj Rajaratnam, for insider trading. In a scandal that rocked New York's Manhattan set, Rajaratnam became ...

Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
China may be the darling of economic groupies, India the superpower in waiting, but realisation is growing that Indonesia may be their rocket fuel. Regional analysts have been so taken with the possibility that editorials around Asia are now spruiking ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Here we go, here we go, here we go. If everything continues to go the way it's going, the Australian dollar could very soon be trading one for one against the big one. My Bloomberg screen currently has the A$ fetching US$0.9208 -- it went as high as ...

Macq tops income sector review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
The Macquarie Income Opportunities fund is the only fund to receive a 'highly recommended' rating after a review of 13 income funds by Lonsec. Elizabeth Newman, senior investment analyst at Lonsec, said credit markets caused havoc for many credit investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... include Djerriwarrh Investments Ltd, Agri Energy Ltd, Macmin Silver Ltd, Red Fork Energy Ltd, Redbank Copper Ltd and Yellow Rock Resources Ltd. Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Auckland. On Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street soared to its highest point this year on Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke's comments that global recovery prospects appear good. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open modestly higher on Wednesday, after US markets rose to a nine-month high overnight, consolidating recent gains, and the prices of metals gained. At 0713 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...