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Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... how much. They each could cut their respective benchmark interest rates by 200 basis points this week and send a knee-jerk spike to equity markets. But in the end, just as the previous rallies that preceded it during the awful 'ber' months, this would ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... rise in the price of oil seemed unstoppable. The year 2007 ended with crude finishing at US$96.01 a barrel, a 90.2 per cent spike from the US$50.49 January 2007 low. Early 2008 was not looking any different. The price of crude oil broke above the US$100/barrel ...

First home buyers tap $21k bonus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... first home buyers' grant to $14,000 as well as $21,000 for those purchasing newly constructed homes as the catalyst to the spike in property interest. In Queensland, the State Government's removal of stamp duty on properties worth up to $500,000 was ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... trusts in particular are the indirect casualties because after the guarantee was announced a week ago, have witnessed a spike in withdrawals. To date four of the country's top ten mortgage fund providers - Perpetual, AXA, Challenger and AUI - have all ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... But were investors truly jubilant because their confidence has been restored by the new US bailout plan? Or was the upward spike more a consequence of a large number of investment managers covering their short positions? The answer may lie in between. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... Japanese share prices hit their lowest level in nearly six months on Friday, losing 2.75 per cent after weak US data, with a spike in the yen hitting exporter stocks. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 345.43 points to close at ...

AMP's profits down 2pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... million compared to $1.19 billion for the previous corresponding quarter. The decrease was mainly driven by the one-off spike in inflows in the second quarter of 2007, following legislative changes at that time. In Contemporary Wealth Management, which ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market was up at noon as News Corporation Ltd reported robust fourth-quarter and full-year results. In the US, the Dow spiked after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold, assuaging some of the market's fears about the ...

Sub-prime divorce binge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The sub-prime induced credit crunch blowing a hole in the wallets of well-heeled London couples is fuelling a spike in divorces among stockbrokers, financial analysts and hedge fund managers. According to a report in the Economist magazine, City couples ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
What else is new? Negative indicators on the US economy just keep on coming and business confidence in Europe is falling. The US Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits spiked to 406k in the week ending July 19 -- ...