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Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
Like a house of cards near an open window, many things tumbled overnight - US shares, the ASX/S&P 200, Asian stocks, the FTSE, US bond yields, gold, base metals, the Aussie dollar and, on the upside, oil prices also dropped. Asian markets tumbled after ...

Markets shake rattle and roll

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
As if sub-prime weren't enough to rattle the markets, party pooper Wen Jaibao has rained on the Asian markets' parade, while Australia just gets comfortable to watch the big race, betting all we have on an interest rate hike. Sub-prime mashed the US ...

Race to the pump

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
Fill up now, and expect to pour more cash into the tank next time, as new supply problems and increasing tensions in the Middle East have the price of oil flirting with US$94 a barrel for the first time ever. It's official; the price of oil has climbed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... doing better than anticipated. "I think it's a little bit stronger than people would have expected on a Friday after the US market was flat... We'll probably see it slide back a little this afternoon," he said. "The main strength is in the miners because ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on a surge in commodity prices, including a record oil price, and a weak lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the December Share Price Index was up 41 points to 6674. Today, Austar ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... over the weekend from Wall Street, which marked the 20th anniversary of Black Monday with a widespread sell-off. The US market was also depressed by warnings from a major company of imminent recession and concerns about the US housing market. At 1220 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... had been expected... considering the fairly ordinary lead we got from the base metals in London as well as that weaker US market," he said. "Having said that, though, it has retreated quite a way thus far off its highs earlier on in the day, so it is ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained stronger at noon, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 again knocking on the door of record highs. At 1203 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.7 points to 6412.6 and the All Ordinaries had found 54.4 points to 6425.6. ...

Markets still at risk: Tagliaferro

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
One of the country's leading fund managers, Anton Tagliaferro, is the latest stockmarket expert to voice his concerns about investor attitude towards risk and observed that today's investors are less risk-aware compared to their predecessors. Tagliaferro ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... prices on the COMEX. Base metal prices are the three month PM kerb close on the London Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - The US market gained on Friday, as stocks, particularly those in the banking sector, bathed still in the glow of last week's interest rate ...