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Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... JPMorgan economist Helen Kevans said the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to increase interest rates in February and March - which took the cash rate to a near 12-year high of 7.25 per cent - was responsible for the slide in home loans commitments. ...

Equity markets back in style

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... market review, The World by Numbers, developed markets posted a 5.15 per cent gain in April after losing 8.95 per cent in March - a sign that investor confidence is returning amidst speculation that the US credit crunch tide is turning. Echoing these ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open slightly lower according to the SPI futures index in Sydney, but Wall Street points the way higher, following a surge in global commodity prices. At 0730 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June ...

Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Synchron advisers has called on business strategy provider Strategies Plus to develop a new website that will help them step up their presence in online insurance. According to business strategist Michael Harrison from Strategies Plus, who was recently ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower following a sell off on Wall Street and drops in base metals prices in London overnight. At 0745 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 74 points at 5,582. In local ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Bluestone Group will stop distributing reverse mortgages through brokers and financial planners and will focus its activities on distribution through alliance partners. Bluestone chief executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac ...

Goods and services trade deficit narrows to $2.7b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Australia's favourable terms of trade metrics is finally counting for something as the balance on goods and services numbers improved by $525 million in March. According to the ABS, in seasonally adjusted terms the deficit on the balance improved by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market was lower at noon led by the banks and a potential interest rate rise, although the resources sector provided some buoyancy. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.2 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 5,699.1 ...

Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
The economy continues to send mixed signals with the latest retail trade figures showing that despite confidence falling and concerns over credit rising we are yet to slow down our spending. According to the ABS, the trend estimate of retail turnover ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on the back of a positive finish on Wall Street last Friday night. At 0819 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up 60 points to 5,755 on a volume of 1,668 contracts. ...