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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... Futures in Asia are down, but I doubt we'll fall too much today with the Reserve Bank expected to cut rates by 75 points tomorrow." At 1202 AEDT, shares in BHP Billiton were down $1.09, or 3.52 per cent, at $29.91, while Rio was off $2.53, or 5.43 per ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
... Consumers (Zimbabweans) bring forward whatever they could buy with their cash as prices of goods and services will be dearer tomorrow (or the next hour). When deflation takes hold, the reverse happens. Cash becomes valuable because prices of products ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... doing all of the above has had very minimal effect thus far. There must be one concerted action by all the major players. Tomorrow's G20 Summit is a step in the right direction. The G20 must come up with a unified and concrete course of action towards ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... higher by financial stocks ahead of an expected 50 basis point rate cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia tomorrow. Analysts say October's panic-driven selling had been in line with an historical trend of October being the worst month ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... meetings in Australia, the UK and the Eurozone are expected to each produce interest rate reductions of 50 basis points. Tomorrow Australia celebrates Melbourne Cup Day - the 'Race that Stops the Nation' - at the same time that the US holds its Presidential ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... it. The US Federal Reserve started its two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting last night. By this time tomorrow, markets expect news that it has cut interest rates by 50 or 75 basis points. But then there is nothing stopping it from reducing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... late-day bargain hunters stormed into the market. Buying came in anticipation of an interest rate cut by the federal reserve tomorrow, analysts said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 889.35 points, or 10.88 per cent, to close at 9,065.12. The ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... past, would deter current Japanese investment and consumption. Capital investments made today would seem unprofitable tomorrow as import prices become cheaper in the future but selling prices more expensive for Japan's export markets. At the same time ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... not normal times. Some companies that might be considered cheap and healthy today could announce it is seeking relief tomorrow. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, UBS comes to mind. The current financial turmoil and the global recession will result in a kind ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... bail-out legislation has been overwhelmingly approved by the US Senate, but the bigger test will be the congressional vote tomorrow, which isn't expected to get such a smooth ride. This morning Australian time, the Senate voted in favour of the bill ...