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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... circumstance we would probably be down 10 points anyway just waiting." The RBA cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... September elections. In its latest Economic Outlook report published last week, the OECD hinted at this: "The surge in mining investment, which is likely to peak in 2013, is gradually losing its stimulatory effect on activity, while new drivers of growth ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
Australian shares have opened half a percentage point weaker as falling commodity prices hit mining stocks, and banking shares rally. The local market has followed Wall Street lower, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the broad-based S&P 500 and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... on Wall Street on Friday night. But encouraging manufacturing data out of China on the weekend could provide a boost for mining stocks. At 0735 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 57 points, or 1.16 per cent, at 4,876. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Australian stocks have hit a six-week low after the OECD downgraded Australian and world economic growth forecasts, causing mining stocks to tumble. The downbeat prediction from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development also hit US and ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Leonards, NSW, relates to inside information concerning the acquisition of Norton Gold Fields Limited (Norton) by Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd (Zijin) that was announced on the ASX on 29 March 2012. ASIC alleges that Ang, having gained access to inside ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... decade - drops off". Then there's this article I found on miningaustralia.com.au published a fortnight ago: "Sudden drops in mining capital expenditure could trigger a recession in the next 18 to 24 months, research conducted by Morgan Stanley suggests." ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... 2.13 per cent, to $56.48. BBY private client adviser Henry Jennings said some investors had taken advantage of the two mining giants' recent share price slump to lift their holdings in them. Mr Jennings said a weaker Australian dollar, some encouraging ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... May 7 board meeting, at which it cut the cash rate to a record low, had prompted investors to reconsider the outlook for mining companies. "That's probably not helping our market, those comments by the Reserve Bank today saying they're not looking for ...

Local funds ignore US $10.6tr pension market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... while financial services (at 9.6% of GDP) contribute more to the Australian economy than any other sector - more even than mining -- the industry accounts for just 0.5% of total exports. Himbury explained that for many fund houses searching for opportunities ...