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Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... Caltex had lifted 44 cents to $19.39 despite its first half profit dropping 13 per cent due to the fall in the Australian dollar and a pipeline outage. Meanwhile, health insurer nib firmed three cents to $3.16 after it reported its net profit had dipped ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... investment assets are still in Australia. It doesn't make sense," Moore said. "It could be another decade before the Australian dollar reaches the bottom but we are trying to get people ahead of the curve. We want to encourage our client base not avoid ...

US foreign exchange group sets up in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Sydney, recognising the increasing importance of the local currency. Cambridge said a strong economy has seen the Australian dollar quickly become one of the world's top five traded currencies, therefore establishing a headquarters in Sydney has been ...

Super fund fortunes shift on FX exposure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Unhedged foreign currency exposure may be the way to go for super funds after a fall in the Australian dollar contributed 8.8% to unhedged portfolios in the last financial year. This bucks the trend of recent years. According to the NAB Superannuation ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... previous rate cuts were helping the economy, but not enough to prevent further cuts; a statement which saw the Australian dollar drop sharply. CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley said the futures market was now pricing in a 92 per cent chance of a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... lower, dropping $1.21 to $44.41, despite the investment bank saying it expected profits to rise thanks to a lower Australian dollar. "I think it's a little bit short of what the market is expecting," Mr Esho said. However, the big four banks were mixed ...