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CFSGAM wins $30m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... the drivers and benefits of emerging economies, in particular, to take advantage of very strong long term growth in commodity demand flowing from these economies. "Only around 10 per cent of the world resources industry is in Australia and we see major ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... 3rd of November. And with this, it's "risk on"! Risk assets gained last night led by strong gains on Wall Street and commodity markets. There's now a sense of "heads - I win", "tails - I win again" pervading in the equity and commodity markets. And why ...

Good vintage yields strong returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... Business Banking Forum begins in Sydney. On Monday, the Australian share market closed at a five-month high after firmer commodity prices drove gains in the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.1 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,697.5 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Australian stocks sat around 20 points higher by noon, with the materials sector leading off the back of strong commodity prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 19.7 points higher, or 0.42 per cent, at 4701.1 while the broader All ...

Grand currency sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to rise after US stocks and commodity prices gained following mostly positive economic reports for the US and Chinese economies. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0718 AEST, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... not a lot of news around," Mr Ferguson said. He said global miner BHP Billiton had bounced despite little movement in commodity prices overnight. The major banks had opened stronger but concerns over the health of some banks in Ireland may weigh upon ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... "The offshore leads weren't bad, although they were down slightly in America after having a great run recently, and commodity prices were a bit each way'." Heffernan said the S&P/ASX200 was currently about 33 per cent lower than in November 2007, which ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... very soon. It would release more US dollars into the economy by buying more US Treasuries. And what do you get when a commodity is in such massive supply? The commodity loses its value. But it's not only the US dollar that is losing its value, other ...