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That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... closing the S&P/ASX 200 index got to 6,000. Maybe it'll get that extra 17.31 points today. The price of Australia's major commodity export - iron ore - has started rebounding, up 5.5% to US$57.81 per tonne instead of heading down the forecast US$40 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Resources stocks are driving the Australian share market towards the key 6,000 mark following gains in commodity prices. Higher oil and iron ore prices have prompted investors to move into the resources sector following overseas share market gains on ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... could fall negative again in coming months as companies compete on price amid weak domestic demand and international commodity prices remain low." Maybe the BOJ could surprise after all... pleasantly.

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... is above "fundamental value". "In time and perhaps suddenly, the Aussie dollar will respond to what has happened to commodity prices and it will perhaps respond to what might be viewed as some signs that QE (quantitative easing) is working in Europe," ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... growth in emerging markets. Growth has already weakened in some economies, several of which have been bruised by falling commodity prices. Capital that flowed into emerging markets could flow out again, perhaps when interest rates begin to rise in the ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... last word I remember Gov Glenn said about the dollar-A is that he wants it at US$0.75. Given the continued slump in commodity markets - and its negative impact on Australia's terms of trade and negative implications for economic growth (and therefore ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Thursday posted its first gain in four days, though stronger commodity prices were the main driver rather than a surprise drop in unemployment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 39.1 points ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... according to the International Monetary Fund's most recent World Economic Outlook. The IMF said the downturn in the global commodity cycle is continuing to hit Australia's economy and exacerbating a long-anticipated decline in resource related investment. ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... economy tracked in the first quarter. China's in trouble now. Australia's in trouble too and Asia and commodities and commodity exporting countries and China's main trading partners - South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, US, Australia, Germany. Not so according ...

Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... UK, supported by strong domestic economies, both of these markets are affected by a mixture of currency strength, low commodity prices and - looking ahead - some monetary tightening." Credit Suisse global equity strategist Andrew Garthwaite expressed ...