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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... type of feeling that perhaps language could finally change now, and this is something that is probably keeping the Aussie dollar and the Aussie market at bay," he said. Investors were also cautious ahead of a flurry of company earnings, he said. "Usually ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... of the local share market down. Dips in copper and gold prices have hurt resources stocks and, together with the Aussie dollar's rise to about 92 US cents, have hit local equities hard, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "Most of the damage ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... equities to an increasing concern over domestic growth, to the investors' will to take advantage of the falling Aussie dollar and to the outperformance of global equities over their domestic counterparts "This signals a lack of confidence among fund ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... 10 years now, while the imported inflation rate has reflected the ups and downs of import prices as driven by the Aussie dollar." All things being equal, a lower dollar means a higher cost of importing goods and services for Australian consumers. CBA ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... negative for the Australian economy. "The reason being, we have already seen a pretty sharp depreciation in the Aussie dollar, which has translated to an inflation risk for the Australian market," he told AAP. The company earnings season has begun with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... negative for the Australian economy. "The reason being, we have already seen a pretty sharp depreciation in the Aussie dollar, which has translated to an inflation risk for the Australian market," he told AAP. The company earnings season has begun with ...

Global uncertainty provides opportunities in retail property

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Financial Standard that A fears over the strength of the Chinese economy, the up-coming election and the falling Aussie dollar have raised doubts over the ability of more economically sensitive assets to generate robust returns. However, he views the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... the US dollar lower, which was good news for risk assets, like the Aussie. "We saw the the euro rally, we saw the Aussie dollar rally and at the same time commodity prices came back to life and they have really lifted the mining space today," he said. ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... unavailable or more difficult to access in the financials and resources dominated Australian market. "The value of the Aussie dollar relative to other currencies, like the US dollar, has historically been very volatile and this can have a significant ...

REST thanks overseas equities for high returns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... the current financial year. Like Sayer, Delaney said foreign equity was the best bet, due largely to the weakening Aussie dollar, which he said added 11.8% to returns on foreign assets. REST said its MySuper product will be based on its Core Strategy ...