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Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... ore prices have slid below US$90 per tonne implying that China's headed for cactusville. But look ma... the Australian dollar's still holding around US$0.94! Now that's really something to write home to mother about 'eh! More so, given historical dictates ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... escalating tensions in Iraq. There's also the price of iron ore dropping to near two-year lows. And yet... the Australian dollar did a peek-a-boo above the US$0.94 level - a level it hasn't seen since last April (when the Fed promised to go slow and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... and European stocks rose. However a fall in the iron ore price, weak consumer sentiment and a stubbornly high Australian dollar were hurting the market, CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said. Two consumer confidence indexes released on Wednesday ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... economy contracted, the eurozone and most of Asia slowed -and that we achieved this without sharply debasing the Australian dollar (down on average by 2.7% in the March quarter on the trade weighted index) and even with the price of one of our major ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... annum since it was conceived 19 years ago. That compares to 5.5% per annum from the MSCI AC World Net Index in Australian dollar terms. "You have to respect the crowds, but you have to veer away from them from time to time and that takes a lot of discipline," ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... words, massaging expectations. The financial markets liked what they heard and read. I, for one, watched the Australian dollar's reaction while watching Joey speak last week. After closing at US$0.9362 in overnight trade, the A$ dropped to US$0.9336 ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... monitoring their currencies exchange rate against Uncle Sam's legal tender. And they don't like what they see. The Australian dollar has risen by 4.5% against the US dollar to US$0.9349 (as at last Friday's close) from this year's low of US$0.8721 set ...

New entrants drive growth in global equities sector

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... investment case for global equities due to opportunities from offshore equity markets and the purchasing power of the Australian dollar had also contributed to the growth in the sector. "The new additions create many opportunities for planners by providing ...

Macquarie profit up 49%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Moore said most of the bank's profit had come from its offshore operations, which also benefited from a lower Australian dollar. "Notwithstanding the growth of Macquarie's Australian businesses, international income accounted for 68% of the group's total ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... in 1981 and the Wallis Report in 1997 were responsible for some massive reforms including the floating of the Australian dollar and the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), and the current form of the Australian Securities ...