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Big movers

WHILE the broader market has been down, there have been some strong developments in the resources sector this week.

ExxonMobil added its voice to the chorus, warning the federal government against “policy drifts” and hitting out against the carbon tax, industrial relations reform and a range of taxes.

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Stocks

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Resources Wrap: stocks smashed
10 May 2012

AUSSIES stocks have had a horror week, starting with $A25 billion wiped from the bourse on Monday. Things levelled out on Tuesday, before plummeting again following the opening bell yesterday.

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Resource Wrap: strong week
03 May 2012

AUSTRALIAN stocks started the week strongly with a larger-than-expected interest rate cut and positive leads from overseas bourses making for happy investors.

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Property

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Housing surprise
01 May 2012

MELBOURNE'S property market has staged a surprise turnaround in the March quarter says smartmoney.com.au, with the median house price up 1.6% to $529,000.

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Grim outlook
10 Apr 2012

THE Housing Industry Association has recorded a 12.8% fall in new home building for the last quarter and warned of “deteriorating conditions” for the housing industry. The HIA forecast a 5.9% decline in new builds in 2012, to a level of just 139,360...

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Market Trends

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Big movers
17 May 2012

WHILE the broader market has been down, there have been some strong developments in the resources sector this week. ExxonMobil added its voice to the chorus, warning the federal government against “policy drifts” and hitting out against the carbon tax, industrial relations reform and a range of taxes.

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RBA in a bind: expert
26 Apr 2012

FOLLOWING a raft of economic data that has come out recently I felt it was important to reflect on this data. It is obvious that the Reserve Bank is currently in a very tough predicament.

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Exotics

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What are hedge funds?
02 Mar 2012

BILLIONS of our superannuation dollars are invested in hedge funds. But when asked directly what a hedge fund is, most of us are likely to be left stammering.

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The biggest mining deal in history
24 Feb 2012

IT’S worth reflecting on the implications and issues surrounding the proposed marriage of two of the world’s biggest mining houses, Glencore and Xstrata.

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What’s the biggest threat to the housing market?

  • a) Slowdown in China
  • b) Rising interest rates
  • c) The floundering euro
  • d) Inflation

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