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Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... attractiveness of seeking international returns. "According to the survey, almost 70% of advisers believe the Australian dollar will be above or at parity with the US dollar over the next 12 months. A strong dollar is definitely beneficial but Australians ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... 2.1%). The overvalued dollar A. You can't get passed Canada-based financial institution CIBC's view that "the Australian dollar remains the most overvalued major currency..." CIBC released this statement only a month and three days ago when the A$ was ...

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... good reading on what's going on," says Davies. Over the short-term, Davies expects to see a mild decline in the Australian dollar (A$) to around US$1.01 with the yield for 10 year bonds edging up to a little over 3%. Over the longer term, he expects ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... was reviewing the pace at which it is developing new projects because of falling coal prices and the strong Australian dollar. Elsewhere in the resources sector, BHP Billiton was down 35 cents at $33.80, and Rio Tinto had reversed 49 cents to $57.01. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... underlying full year profit improved in 2011/12 despite the impact of uncertain economic conditions and the high Australian dollar. The stock was down 95 cents at $25.25. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,666.40 per fine ounce, up $US5.25 from ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... that 'woeful' consumer confidence number in one month - Europe sovereign debt crisis, China slowdown, the high Australian dollar, no more RBA rate cut, carbon tax and as you see in the ABC headline above - our athletes' failure to bring home more gold ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... pensioners spend a smaller proportion of their income on lifestyle products that have benefited from the rising Australian dollar, such as electronic goods and overseas travel, noting that prices in these expenditure segments fell this quarter.

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
While waiting for CB's to walk their talks, I came upon a number of reports about how the Australian dollar is becoming a major reserve currency. It has rebounded to a five-month high of US$1.0510 last night and up 8.3% from this year's US$0.9705 low ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... their power to keep the euro intact," he said. "That drove risk assets overnight with gains for the euro, the Australian dollar and some commodities and that has filtered through to the opening of our session." Locally, Caltex shares dropped 33 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... their power to keep the euro intact," he said. "That drove risk assets overnight with gains for the euro, the Australian dollar and some commodities and that has filtered through to the opening of our session." Locally, Caltex shares dropped 33 cents ...