Don’t Panic

A tough week for sharemarkets with the big falls on Monday and Tuesday stampeding the US Federal reserve into a bigger than expected 0.75% rate cut which seems to have steadied sentiment and allowed investors some respite.

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Newcrest Sold Off On Cost Rise

Just as the smaller Kagara Ltd suffered on Wednesday and again yesterday from reporting unexpectedly poor profit figures in a quarterly report, major gold miner, Newcrest Mining saw its shares pounded after revealing more cost problems at its huge Telfer in Western Australia.

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OXR OK

Emerging miner, Oxiana Ltd was another to bounce from near term lows in trading yesterday through the combination of the turnaround on the market and a statement; this time the fourth quarter's and year's production report.

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Milton Does Well

Investment company, Milton Corporation Ltd has followed rival Djerriwarrh Investments in reporting a solid rise in interim earnings for the six months to December and expressed caution about the outlook because of the increased volatility.

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DJW Battles Headwinds

Unlike its smaller stablemate, Mirrabooka, Djerriwarrh Investments lifted earnings in the first half of 2007-08 and says it has entered the second half well placed, despite uncertainty in world markets putting the profitability of companies in Australia under pressure.

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