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Equities the pick of the pack in 2007: Russell

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... retained earnings rather than debt, creating a strong profit, low leverage corporate environment which should buoy the US economy. Combined with this the Australian and US markets are trading below their 10 year average price earnings (PE) ratios, with ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... Savings on fuel, bananas and farm products were offset by increases in building and constructions costs. News from the US economy continues to improve with a recent poll of employers finding that a third would increase payrolls for the next six months. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... Ravensthorpe mining venture something of the order of $1 billion. Some optimism has come from figures released about the US economy where core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, fell to 2.6 per cent in November from 2.7 per cent in October. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... record high overnight as strong earnings from a range of companies cheered investors about the outlook for both the US economy and corporate profits. Companies from financial services to retail to technology reported robust profits, including investment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... higher to end the week 2.2 per cent stronger. Broad bid talk boosted stocks such as Barclays, but concerns about the US economy held back gains. The FTSE 100 closed at 6152.4 points, up 20.9. FRANKFURT - The DAX index closed at 6427.41 points, up 14.38. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
New evidence about the state of the US economy suggests that the soft landing scenario that most have been expecting is showing signs of being a little harder than anticipated. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index decreased from ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
... September analysis there were two such districts and the August analysis had five such districts. This is good news for the US economy which has been dragged down by the weak housing market which itself showed that median house prices have now increased ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
... decades ago. Recently the voting weights of China, Mexico, Korea and Turkey have been increased. Evidence from the US economy about its softening momentum continues to mount with housing starts falling by 14.6 per cent in October, this represented a ...

Market Wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was down at noon as concerns about a slowing US economy kept local resource stocks at bay despite a recovery in commodity prices overnight. Major banking stocks also lost some of the ground made over the last few weeks as ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... 10 years because of recent interest rate hikes and a housing slump. "But that being the case, if the slowdown in the US economy continues then the flow on effect onto commodities could be negative." The local banking sector continued to build on yesterday's ...