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Gold, gold, gold, but not to Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... feverish demand that is being fuelled by unstable world capital markets. The chaos in Washington this month over their US debt deal just adds to these fears, he added. "Gold input costs are going up, the grade [quality] is going down. All the gold ever ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... 19,742 contracts traded. The passage of legislation through the US House of Representatives towards allowing a lift in the US debt ceiling early on Tuesday (AEST) was not enough to ease investor concern about the long-term impacts of rising sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... share market is expected to decline following falls on Wall Street overnight on scepticism about the deal to resolve the US debt crisis. At 0717 AEST on the ASX 24 on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 73 points at 4,397. ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... no surprise to John Eisinger, a portfolio manager at Janus Capital Group, who told Financial Standard in May that the US debt-ceiling debacle may give markets a bit of a scare but was unlikely to end in disaster. Eisinger had said congressmen were using ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Australian shares may decline slightly after US stocks fell on Friday as talks to reach an agreement over the US debt ceiling continued to feed market uncertainty. But mining stocks may gain after some metals, including gold, silver and copper, rose. ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... trading at around 2.95% two weeks ago. They've fallen to 2.8% before the "deal". Investors are holding onto their stock of US debt - and buying some more. But apart from the current rationales that Uncle Sam will make good on his debt, there is no safer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... markets awaited a resolution to the debt-limit standoff. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the US debt stalemate had local investors jittery. "It's a movement that is completely anticipated given the performances on overseas ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... The Australian stock market was lower at noon after local inflation data sent the Australian dollar higher, and as the US debt ceiling stalemate continued. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.2 points, or 0.44 per cent ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... What's the final deal going to be? Will they, won't they? Sorry Virginia, not talking about the grand theatrics that is the US debt ceiling negotiations this time. Today, I refer these questions to our very own Reserve Bank of the Advance Australia Fair. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... share market is expected to decline after US stocks fell on a White House threat to veto legislation that would avert a US debt default. But Australian resource stocks may gain after the price of metals and oil rose. At 0826 AEST on the ASX 24 on Wednesday ...