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Fixed it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... loan was cut to 4.99 per cent and its three-year product to 4.94 per cent." And why? Because offshore funding costs have fallen! These rate reductions were announced at the same time that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that inflation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... to rise in Gaza, where Israel has undertaken a ground assault against Hamas. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have fallen for a third day, weighed down by concerns the US and Europe could toughen their sanctions against Russia and by escalating violence ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... the Bank Rate, are about to change soon', for the British economy continues to gain momentum. The unemployment rate has fallen to a five-year low of 6.6% in April from 6.8% in March - below what used to be the BOE's 7.0% threshold (when interest rates ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... markets. As the Wall Street Journal puts it, "Yield spreads between government bonds of Portugal, Spain and Italy have fallen sharply since then versus those of Germany... Corporate bond yields have fallen, too". "The program hasn't even been used; the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... cent, at 5,518.9. The broader All Ordinaries index lost 5.5 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5,506.3. NEW YORK - US stocks have fallen, retreating from last week's records as analysts point to profit taking and predictions from some experts that the market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... market strategist Stan Shamu said he also thought Australian investors had noted with interest that China's markets had fallen on Monday despite the positive manufacturing data. "I think there is a lot of window dressing at play as well with it being ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... $4.21. Commonwealth Bank was 36 cents lower at $81.94, National Australia Bank was down 19 cents at $33.40, Westpac had fallen 16 cents to $34.29 and ANZ was 15 cents weaker at $34.13. In other news, investors in Westfield Retail Trust will vote on the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Australian stocks have fallen to a two month low as escalating tension in Iraq caused heavy falls on Wall Street. Another sharp drop in the iron ore price has also sparked heavy falls in Australian miners. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said he thought ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... were mixed: BHP Billiton was one cent lower at $36.19 and Rio Tinto was up eight cents to $59.73, and Fortescue Metals had fallen seven cents to $4.58. Investors are waiting for Friday night's US job figures and Chinese trade figures, due at the week ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... extend long-term loans to financial institutions or... all of the above. But in case you didn't notice, the euro has only fallen by a mere 0.3% versus the greenback to 1.3627 last night from 1.3672 at the star of the year - the time when the Fed started ...