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Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... could accused it now of artificially boosting stock market prices or cheapening the US dollar or creating a bubble in commodity markets - which, in turn, puts upward pressure on inflation around the globe. When the Fed announced QE2 last November, Bloomberg ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... changed between three weeks ago and last night? If at all, there was better news on the US labour market. And get this... commodity prices have been on the skids too. Take the price of oil, for instance. Crude oil prices have fallen by 28.8% to US$81.15 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... losses were steepest among financial companies, industrials and corporations whose bottom lines are closely tied to commodity prices. JPMorgan Chase fell 9.4 per cent, while American Express closed the day 8.8 per cent down. Bank of America plunged an ...

CFSGAM appoints soft commodities specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... and more recently in Asia and the UK," said Dr Joanne Warner, CFSGAM's head of global resources. CFSGAM's global soft commodity share fund is part of its global resources team, which also includes the wholesale global resources fund and the wholesale ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... received a battering. Somebody must have forgotten to tell the markets it's only August and not October. Equity markets, commodity markets and bond yields (bond prices up) all came a-tumbling down as investors focus on the fresh fear that is the likelihood ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... negotiations to avert a US debt default at 1100 AEST. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release its index of commodity prices for July. In other news, the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum starts in Kalgoorly. On Friday, Australian shares hit a ...

ASX carbon tax ready and willing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... derivatives. Bird predicts that putting aside government compensation, carbon emissions will become much like other commodity inputs or costs of doing business. "Leading up to and after the variable price period starting on 1 July 2015, many companies ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Investment Product of the Year Winner: Legg Mason Real Income Fund - Legg Mason Asset Management NOMINEES A, Global Soft Commodity Fund - Colonial First State Global Asset Management A, IFP Global Franchise Fund - Macquarie Professional Series A, Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... 4,586, with 11,492 contracts traded. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said higher European markets and commodity prices had driven early gains on the market, but that momentum had been lost by noon. Wall St was closed overnight for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales data for May. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes its index of commodity prices for June, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $1.25 billion of October 2015 bonds ...