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Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... is up 45.7% in the year to 30 April 2013, however translated to A$, it's only up 22.3%, due to how strong the Australian dollar has been. This is similar to the return of the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation of 22.7%. Despite this, Platinum remains bullish on ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... Neilson said the fund suffered partly due to its domestic currency strategy. "We were punished by not owning the Australian dollar, which we bought in the crisis, and once it got to about the eighties (80 cents to the US dollar), we started dumping our ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... of the two mining giants' recent share price slump to lift their holdings in them. Mr Jennings said a weaker Australian dollar, some encouraging signs on commodities prices, as well as a greater focus on costs and shareholder returns from new management ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... relinquishes its 'exorbitant privilege' as the world's default currency. "The simple fact is the appreciation of the Australian dollar will be extraordinary..." When it comes to forecasting currencies, no one gets past the prediction a well-known currency ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened higher due to strong overseas leads and the falling Australian dollar. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the local market was off to a positive start after Wall Street and European market posted strong gains overnight ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... the company said its first half profit had fallen 23 per cent with its fertiliser operations hit by the high Australian dollar. In economic news, the Australia Bureau of Statistics is due to release March housing finance figures, while the National Australia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... Japanese stocks to a fresh five-year high, while new economic data signalled a sluggish recovery in China. The Australian dollar slid below parity with the greenback which surged on persistent speculation about a winding back of quantitative easing by ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... the company said its first half profit had fallen 23 per cent with its fertiliser operations hit by the high Australian dollar. In economic news, the Australia Bureau of Statistics is due to release March housing finance figures, while the National Australia ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... when he bet against the pound - declaring at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference in New York last week that the Australian dollar will, not would, will "come down and come down hard". This makes sense given his prognosis that the commodity rally is done ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... RBA cut the base rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 2.75% in the wake of rising unemployment, a high Australian dollar and concerns over the performance of the economy. "In the short-term the cut is positive for the bond market but it does raise ...