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Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Ordinaries index. Stock markets in Europe and the America's also fell, though not at the same magnitude as that of Japan's. Commodity prices - including safe-havens gold and silver - also fell. Even oil. West Texas crude is now trading below US$100 a ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... And it did! We know now that the GFC produced the biggest bargains since the 1930s. Equity markets have doubled and commodity markets by even more. Just goes to show that when people start comparing disasters as the "worst" since whenever and extrapolating ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... there was no evidence this was presently occurring. Mr Roberts also said a side effect of the earthquake would be higher commodity prices, which would bolster the resource-sensitive Australian dollar. "There will be greater demand, probably, for coal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... There are no major equities news events scheduled for Friday. On Thursday, Australian stocks closed weaker as falling commodity prices and ongoing turmoil in the Middle East prompted a broad-market decline led by the materials and gold sector. The benchmark ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... not perturbed about the recent spike in oil prices and inflation. "The most likely outcome is that the recent rise in commodity prices will lead to, at most, a temporary and relatively modest increase in U.S. consumer price inflation." Big Ben also declared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... Australian Industry Group-PwC Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index is due. The RBA also issues its index of commodity prices for February. In equities news, the pace eases with the end of reporting season. Neptune Marine Services Ltd holds a ...

FRM attracts $25m inflows

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... hedge fund of fund investment firm, launched its offshore fund FRM Sigma, investing in a globally-source portfolio of Commodity Trading Advisers (CTAs) that specialise in managed futures. A managed futures account is a type of alternative investment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... for investors. "We actually saw a lot of strength coming back into the (US) market in the last hour of trade and the commodity prices falling off," she said. "The oil price has continued to fall in after-hours trade. "There's rumours circulating that ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... event that crude oil prices stay higher for longer, which countries would suffer the most? Those who consume more of the commodity of course! For the list, I accessed the US Energy Information Administration's (IEA) website and found the following: Top ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... itself, accounts for only 2 per cent of global daily oil production and is the world's 15th largest exporter of the commodity. But there are similar uprisings now taking place in Yemen, Morocco, Iran, Algeria, Jordan and Djibouti - did I miss anyone? ...