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Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Financial market speculation for an imminent RBA rate cut remained despite yesterday's positive news on domestic inflation and consumer sentiment. But this also did not stop the sell-off in the local sharemarket and investors seeking safety in bonds. ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008) Monetary policy comes to the fore this week with the central banks of Australia, the United States, the Eurozone and the UK all meeting to deliberate on appropriate interest rate settings given the growth-inflation ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Domestic financial market activity will remain cautious this week with sentiment precariously balanced between the weekend's positive US economic news and further NAB-like announcements on the fallout of the US subprime mess on its balance sheet. Top-tier ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight (16 July) Fed Gloom US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the US Congress last night catapulted the Australian dollar to a 25-year high in overnight trading. The Australian dollar broke above the US$0.9800 ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Housing affordability is like petrol prices in that it brings out the economic enthusiasts with their so-called miracle solutions. The latest set of big ideas is from the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability that this week released its major ...

Bakers launch alt energy retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Alternative energy adviser and fund manager Bakers Investment Group (BIG) is launching its alternative energy retail fund, Bakers Alternative Energy Customised Portfolio. The fund will invest in roughly 75 to 100 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on stronger commodity prices and a mixed lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up 15 points at 5,721. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

AETS could add 14 cents to petrol prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Australia's emission trading scheme (AETS) due to come online in just two years could add 14 cents to the cost of a litre of fuel and radically alter the balance sheets of Australian companies. "Until we know the details of the scheme we won't know ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Yesterday's CPI spike just made fighting inflation and housing affordability that little bit harder but at least it will help the country pay for its oil import bill. Inflation rising 4.2 per cent, above what most market economists were expecting, is ...

Oil to drop to US$85 by year-end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Petrol hitting $1.50 per litre is distracting analysts from the impact of the slowing world economy that is likely to see prices drop significantly in the medium term. Slowing world demand could drop prices from their current sustained US$110-plus run ...