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US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
The US dollar slipped today after the Federal Reserve announced it cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point, a move that investors had anticipated. Markets had also expected the Fed to signal a pause in its rate-cutting campaign to combat the growing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was softer at noon following a weak lead from Wall Street and lower base metals prices in London overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.1 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 5,597.8 while the broader ...

Hedge funds post worst Q1

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Hedge funds have recorded their worst quarter in almost six years but managed futures bucked the trend. According to Man Investments Quarterly Review, the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index fell 2.78 per cent in this year's first quarter. The report found ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon despite a rise in United States markets overnight. The global miners, gold stocks and some of the major banks weighed upon the bourse. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Trent Muller said the local ...

Canadian pensions down again

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Canadian pension funds suffered a slump for the third consecutive quarter as deepening financial worries depressed equity markets worldwide. According to a survey by RBC Dexia Investor Services, Canadian pension funds suffered a 1.9 per cent slide in ...

Currency replaces fixed income

Currency investing could be the next big thing as more investors use foreign exchange managed funds as an alternative to fixed income funds. Morgan Stanley's London-based currency expert Alex Davey was in Australia this month to talk about the group's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US equities and metals, including gold and copper, increased overnight. At 0749 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,679. In ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence in the US has fallen to a five-year low, driven by unrelenting negative economic news and the impact on consumption of the perpetually falling US dollar. But institutional investor confidence is up. The consumer confidence survey ...

Let the sub-prime post-mortem begin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Postmortem into what caused the sub-prime fiasco is pointing the finger at the investment banks, hedge funds and even the apparent hero Dr Greenspan. The main problem, according to a just-released book titled The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
There's not much point to Australia's terms of trade being at record levels if all it does is drive up our currency and keeps us suffocating under a current account deficit that just won't budge. The terms of trade are a measure of the prices we pay ...