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Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... it announced the lifting of the discount rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent effective 19 February at the close of trading on Wall Street last Thursday. The Fed also shortened the maximum maturity of any borrowings at the discount window to overnight ...

ANZ appoints Hogan as chief economist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... team, which provides economic analysis on the Australian economy, global financial markets and the economies of major trading partners. He will also be responsible for coordinating ANZ's regional economic and financial markets research capability across ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... Has anything changed significantly this week from the last one? Yet Wall Street was on the up and up over the past three trading days. It was up again overnight. But instead of looking at the higher-than-expected weekly jobless claims - up to 473,000 ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... in positive territory. A reading above zero indicates expansion. It would be a fallacy to extrapolate based on one good trading day. More challenges lie ahead to challenge investor conviction. But looking at the global economy's overall picture, it certainly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... was 40 points higher at 4,568 on volume of 13,375 contracts. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said there was robust trading on the local bourse after a lacklustre session on Monday and despite the lack of a lead from Wall Street, with US markets ...

Russell wins IOOF mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Steve Merlicek said he would also look to harness Russell's strategies aimed at enhancing active returns and reducing trading costs for investors. Russell's investment consulting practice provides advice on a range of topics related to the planning ...

Westpac and St.George merger ahead of schedule

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Westpac and St.George Bank's merger is proceeding ahead of plan. At Westpac's first quarter trading update, Gail Kelly, chief executive at the bank, said the merger with St.George Bank is progressing well. Approval to move to a single Authorised Deposit-taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market may open slightly lower and trading may be subdued as traders have little direction following public holidays in the US and China. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was four ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market was flat at noon on thin trading, with little to guide the market other than a weak US lead on Friday and mostly softer base metals prices. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.2 points, or 0.03 per cent ...

Tiger year ushers investors to China

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... Tiger-years however, investors should prepare for dramatic changes and even an impulsive and risky year ahead. "Those trading equities should get set to ride the wild tiger. The markets will be volatile with a surge in the first month followed by a decline ...