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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... stocks were down two cents to $5.26. Meanwhile, agricultural giant Graincorp was down nine cents to $8.84 after it said drought conditions had caused its first half profit to tumble. Overnight in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 101.47 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened almost 1.5 per cent weaker as former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's strong electoral showing sparked fears of eurozone instability. At 1026 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.1 ...

Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... world rose 10% from June, to July of this year, said data from the World Bank's recently released Food Price Watch report. Drought in the U.S. has resulted in vast damages to the summer crops of corn and soybeans, for which the country is the world's ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... index has surged by 39.6% -- the highest in 13 months -- from the 2012 low set just a bit over a month ago as the worst drought in the US since 1956 fuelled expectations of lower crop yields and stretching already tight supplies. The price of corn and ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... bringing in less bang for the buck, etc., etc. And oh, there's now also surging grains and agricultural prices (due to the US drought) which would boost inflation, which would hinder stronger CB easing, which would slow growth. Sell, sell, sell. But... ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... and troubles everywhere". He listed 10 "outside macro data" to support his view. This, to me, is like predicting that a drought is coming cause people are running out of toilet papers. Anyways... back to the point. While the sharp decline in Chinese ...

Aus Super hands Orion mandate to Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... to Fidelity's Australian equities fund manager, Paul Taylor. Fidelity's win comes in the midst of an investment mandate drought. Rainmaker data shows that the number of mandates changing hands is down, with 500 swaps in the year up to 31 March 2012. ...

Govt push for foreign infra investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... improved, Australia can position itself as the "food bowl to Asia". "There's no doubt that we have a reputation for being drought-prone but that obviously has an adverse affect on our capacity to be reliable suppliers of food to Asia. So we need to do ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Be careful what you wish for. After many, many years of drought, Australia got what it wished for - the green lawn inducing, agriculture produce growing rain. Suddenly the rural sector was looking good. Harvest would be a-plenty. Not only would Australians ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... of the moment. Just think. Isn't it also possible that given the bounty Australia is experiencing at present time - the drought has broken, commodity prices are high, China's still buying, house prices continue to rise, employers are hiring - that Australians ...