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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... sector is dragging the market down but that's to be expected as metal prices were softer overnight," Mr Vaughan said. "The banks are all higher but the market is still sceptical about the rally." Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd said it expected to continue ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The week of central watching finished with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone, highlighting the dual threats of inflation and recession. Both central banks kept rates on hold. The FTSE 100 index shed 8.6 points, or 0.16 per cent, to close at 5,477.50. FRANKFURT - The Dax lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... mixed. "When you get that type of wishy-washy type lead, you're not going to get much action here." Mr Heffernan said the banks had retreated from their strong bounce of the last few days. "That's not unexpected given the very strong movement they had ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... sloshing around in those overseas debt markets if we didn't have this $600 billion debt [left by the Howard government]. Our banks would not be at the behest of those in New York if we had SGC at 15 per cent not 9 per cent." "Our current account deficit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... shifting out of the resources and into the financial as investors chase the potentially higher yields on offer through the banks." Wall St provided a bad lead last night, with the Dow falling 0.4 per cent after an inflation gauge tied to consumer spending ...

Account switching is too much trouble

... complaints about the difficulty in changing super funds, a new survey has shown that a majority of people think switching banks is too much of a hassle. Fifty-four per cent of the 2000 respondents to a Research International banking survey said changing ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... of crude oil down by 3.2 percent to US$121.10, after hitting an intra-day low of US$119.51 a barrel. Major world central banks will have an easy task on their hands if this trend towards lower commodity prices continues as they could then focus on providing ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008) Monetary policy comes to the fore this week with the central banks of Australia, the United States, the Eurozone and the UK all meeting to deliberate on appropriate interest rate settings given the growth-inflation ...

IFSA backs Chile FTA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... opening its borders to foreign investment. In 1997, the banking sector reformed to encourage more engagement with foreign banks, in addition, the government further liberalised its capital markets in 2001.