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Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.70 per cent - significantly cheaper than the 4.82 per cent rate back in October 2008 and is now only ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing are having their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.70 per cent - significantly cheaper than the 4.82 per cent rate back in October 2008 and is now only ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... direction. The opening bell on Wall Street further strengthened this trust among banks with the Libor rate on 3-month US dollars dropping to just 0.785 per cent overnight, 4 basis points below last Friday's close and 403 basis points down from the 10 ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... reached in March 2008. The current global financial crisis has again made gold golden. The freshly minted 1.25 trillion US dollars only made it even shinier. Up when the economy is fixed. Up when the economy is not fixed. Is there a better hedge?

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... (Singapore, Telecommunications) and Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Indonesia, Telecommunications). The index is calculated in US dollars and is reviewed quarterly in March, Jun, September and December. As of November 12, the DJIM ASEAN Total Return Index ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... declined to 4.06 per cent overnight from this month's high of 4.8 per cent (10 October). The Libor rate for overnight US dollars dropped to 1.51 per cent - only a basis point above the fed funds rate. This is encouraging, particularly given that only ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... cent to $29.12. Mr Heffernan said yesterday's gains were reversed. The price of oil surged overnight more than five US dollars per barrel, to $US136.38. Local energy stocks were mixed with Woodside petroleum adding eight cents to $61.66, Oil Search gaining ...

Allianz opens Mid East office and funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... opportunities globally. To enable the funds to get to a sufficient size quickly, we have seeded each one with 50 million US dollars."

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... currency appreciation, which is already damaging exports and forcing businesses to write export deals in Euros rather than US dollars, the outlook for interest rates is viewed to be positive. The flipside is the cost of capital should stay low while ...

Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... filmed in Manhattan. The Chaska Herald's Mark Olson wrote, "When I start seeing rap stars flashing Euros instead of US dollars, I know our economy is in trouble." "I don't need the chairman of the Federal Reserve to tell me about the state of our economy. ...