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Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... able to dictate the price at which they take control of these assets. But what about the other half of the equation - the banks and other financial institutions? Sure they would be happy - some may now be wringing their hands - at the thought of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to rise after US stocks surged on the government's plan to help banks remove bad assets from their books and a report that showed existing home sales rose in the US. At 0736 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Austock appoints Youssef

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... services manager at CMC Markets Asia Pacific where he managed existing relationships with stockbrokers, financial planners, banks and other business groups. He is also a frequent commentator on Channel 9, ABC, Bloomberg and CNBC. As head of private clients ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... the American market was down 122 points on Friday night," ABN AMRO Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said. "The banks and the resources sector are leading the market up as some buyers are sneaking back into the market today." Rio Tinto gained ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... remains mired in poverty, famine, corruption and disease. In their desperation to avoid this fate, governments and central banks are experimenting with policies one after the other. But financial and economic conditions remained depressed despite the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... Rio Tinto was up $1.80, or 3.96 per cent, at $47.29, and BHP Billiton had gained $1.48, or 4.74 per cent, to $32.73. "The banks have obviously been a little bit shaken by the potential bond issuance in America, which has damaged the US dollar," Mr Bishop ...

First corporate bond issue of 2009

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... look at the bond market is the fact that the syndicated market has slowed as a result of the withdrawal of some foreign banks." Australia Post has a note issue maturing and wanted to refinance using the same type of funding.

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... consumption -display of wealth - to defense - preservation of wealth. In the late 1990s, gold lost its glimmer as European central banks unloaded their gold reserve holdings unto the market. The price of the yellow metal dropped from a cycle high of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... 0.33 per cent on Thursday as a stronger yen hit Honda Motor and other exporters, but steps by the US and Japanese central banks to ease the credit crisis helped boost banking shares. In light trade, the Nikkei ended down 26.21 points at 7,945.96. HONG ...

BUSS(Q) buys Aussie equities

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... few months, but will seriously look at getting into the equities game in April. "If we take for example, the major trading banks - which are a big part of the Aussie index, we expect at these current prices to get frank dividends of around 10 per cent ...