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Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... in the past year, he told a Sydney media luncheon. And the competitive threat from Brazil had been neutralised as the US dollar had weakened against the Brazilian Real, he said. The fund owns 31,500sq km of Australian grazing land on which it runs cattle ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... per cent investment in iShares global equity funds listed on the ASX since the Australian dollar hit parity with the US dollar.

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... the Fed minted the very first QE2 dollar. Greek default and European sovereign debt crisis, China tightening, US debt, US dollar debasement, Japan nuclear crisis, MENA tension. Check, check, check and check. That's why it wasn't a surprise that despite ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... the current euphoria on the Australian dollar has led to - the currency is now extrapolated to reach 1.70 against the US dollar by 2014. According to The Australian newspaper, not only one but two financial gurus forecast that the aussie is headed for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... sharp falls in oil, gold and other metal prices in overseas trade overnight. The falls were caused by a rise in the US dollar and disappointing jobs data in the US, which raised concerns about future demand. BHP Billiton was down 79 cents, or 1.74 per ...

BetaShares introduces gold ETF

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... launched a hedged gold bullion product on the ASX, which aims to protect investors from fluctuations on the Australian and US dollar exchange rate. "In the last 2 years to April 2011, the S&P/ASX 200 delivered an 18% p.a. return while the gold price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... April non-farm payrolls and unemployment rate on Friday night (AEST). "I reckon that will be a weak number making the US dollar soft again and the Aussie should get a bit of a boost towards 110.00 US cents." Mr Capurso said he expected the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... five points down at 4803 with 11,000 contracts traded. The Australian dollar also passed the 110 US-cent mark as the US dollar continued its weakness against most major currencies. On Monday morning the Australian unit reached 110.20 US cents, its highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... points to 1363.61, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite edged up 1.01 points at 2873.54. Oil got a boost from the weaker US dollar on Friday, with benchmark crude for June delivery rising $US1.07 to settle at $US113.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... numbers marking the Australian dollar's recorded fresh - and fresher - after-float highs against its big brother, the US dollar. The last time I wrote about the value of Australia's legal tender, I warned that forecasting in quite times is difficult ...