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High rates pose threat to direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... is going to put a brake on things because that will flow through to the economy, which will ultimately flow through to pretty much all the property segments," said Higgins. "Once you start to slow the GDP, which is a measure the industry property segment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... the banks were still looking reasonably weak after a poor day yesterday. "Macquarie has gone back below $60, which is a pretty significant level in the stock, and that was after it fell heavily yesterday as well. "There is still a lot of negativity in ...

Western Asset repositions for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... mortgage backed securities to continue its positive return performance in 2008. "In terms of strategy we're going to remain pretty neutral, not too much changes. We like mortgage backed securities and investment grade credit in the European financial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... considerably. "A lot of the index move is coming from those two stocks," he added. "There's still a lot of volatility around, some pretty big intraday swings." At 1203 AEDT, Rio Tinto was up 65 cents to $123.65 and its predator BHP Billiton was up $1.11 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... heavy selling," Mr Walker said. "The only real strong performer today is Woolworths but aside from that, everything else is pretty flat. "Any company that is flat is probably doing quite well." Shares in Rio Tinto have settled back down from a spike ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... dollar losing out as a result. "The market is really moving on the back of Citigroup's quarterly result last night... that pretty much sent shivers through the market," Mr Solar said. And he said the volatility was likely to continue for the rest of ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... dealer Matt Wacher said lower base metal prices overnight are weighing on the local bourse. "Most of the sectors seem to be pretty flat. Energy and materials sectors are off," Mr Wacher said. "I guess the materials and energy sectors are off on the back ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... despite receiving a muted lead from the US. "Most sectors have been positive considering the financial sector in the US was pretty heavy last night," Mr Vaughan said. "I thought we might have seen some negativity in the financial sector today, but that ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... commodities were a bit negative, but not that bad. There's a bit of to-ing and fro-ing there," Mr Heffernan said. "BHP will be a pretty upbeat annual general meeting today. They'll keep their powder dry on the Rio Tinto takeover," he predicted. "But ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
... of buying back today (but) I haven't seen too much behind that. "The main point to make here is that conditions remain pretty thin." Mr Morriss said the Australian dollar remained at risk from further stock market weakness and he expected the currency ...