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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was marginally in the black at noon on the back of a positive US lead and a stronger oil price overnight. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 0.6 of a point higher at 5,538.2, while the broader All Ordinaries was up ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... reflect a shift in financial power from the United States toward other parts of the world, the sheer size and depth of the US market will give it a leading role on the international financial stage for years to come." Against this, Australia's battle ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was two per cent weaker after noon as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its inflation forecasts and warned of more interest rate rises. The local market had already gotten off to a bad start after US markets sank ...

Even Macquarie has to pay for funding

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... paper market is down more than 50 per cent. Ward said the European market was operating relatively normally but the US market was still having difficulties. The cost of issuance into this market was up to 30 basis points higher. The weighted average ...

Back to school for MA providers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... US compared with their Australian counterparts, and IMAP hopes to highlight the differences and opportunities in the US market as a yardstick to improve the local market. Case studies on the issue will be an integral component of the course. The program ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher as New York surged after a major bond insurer reassured investors about its stability, fueling a rebound by financial shares hammered recently by the prospect of crumbling credit markets. In London ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
The Australian share market was 0.6 per cent stronger just after noon, tracking gains on Wall St, after US investors bought financials in anticipation of yet another rate cut by the Fed. Higher commodity prices supported local mining and energy stocks. ...

Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... Illustrating this conundrum's potential, according to ING, when they asked respondents about their views on the outlook for the US market, the number who expected the economic situation to deteriorate in the next three months far outweighed that of those ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US markets staged a recovery in late trading. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 91 points at 5,470. Today, Zinifex Ltd and Newcrest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... some ugly inflation news," Mr Caton said. "The market has probably done as well as it is going to do for the day. "The US market opened down about four per cent and finished down one per cent. "The reason it went up through the day was that significant ...