Insurance: What It Means For Markets Here And Offshore
Once again the brunt of the stockmarket attention is on insurers and other financial stocks.
Read MoreOnce again the brunt of the stockmarket attention is on insurers and other financial stocks.
Read MoreWill commodity markets feel as much of the impact from the Japanese quake and tsunami?
Read MoreMarkets face a huge test of sentiment today, despite America’s small rally on Friday night after the record Japanese earthquake.
Read MoreSo what what now for the weakened Japanese economy?
Read MoreAs widely forecast, the terrible second Christchurch earthquake last month has seen the New Zealand Reserve Bank slash its key interest rate to the record-equalling low set during the global financial crisis of 2.5%.
Read MoreBuried under the fighting in Libya, the escalating oil price and hand wringing about China and the rising cost of commodities and inflation, Europe’s debt crisis has burbled along.
Read MoreChina posted a trade deficit of $US7.3 billion, the biggest for seven years, in February as the Lunar New Year holiday cut exports and imports.
Read MoreThe Australian job market remains very strong, despite the misleading headline figure in the February report yesterday showing a 10,100 fall in overall employment.
Read MoreWe had more mixed news out of Asia yesterday.
Read MoreAustralian companies are spending more on exploration with nearly $1.5 billion spent on mineral and oil and gas drilling and other exploration in the three months to December 31.
Read MoreOZ Minerals had made its first major investment in the mining industry.
Read MoreAs expected consumer sentiment has fallen to its lowest level in nine months on higher petrol prices and concerns about the carbon tax issue.
Read MoreAs expected the Queensland floods (and no doubt those in northern Victoria) saw home loan approvals fall in the month of January for the first time in seven months.
Read MoreJapanese bank lending fell for a 15th consecutive month last month and the country’s current account surplus narrowed significantly in January.
Read MoreTwo months of weak sales has seen Ford Australia forced to temporarily shut its car manufacturing operations in Melbourne for two days a week to rebalance its stocks of unsold locally made Falcon and Territory models.
Read MoreThe National Australia Bank says business conditions and confidence are recovering from the dip caused by the January floods and cyclone in Queensland.
Read MoreAnd Fairfax shares ended down around 3% at $1.255 after the Carsales sale and the news that the company had paid nearly $30 million for the online holiday rental and corporate accommodation business, Occupancy Pty Limited.
Read MoreThe NZ dollar fell to its lowest level in 18 years against its Australian counterpart yesterday as pressure mounted for an interest rate cut at this Thursday’s central bank meeting.
Read MoreUp to yesterday it had been a tough six weeks or so for Salmat, the call centre and direct mail group.
Read MoreConflicting approaches to the online world yesterday from two major local media companies.
Read MoreWatch oil, gold and the value of the US dollar this week as fighting worsens in Libya, unrest spreads through the rest of the region and a major protest which may hit Saudi Arabia on Friday night, our time.
Read MoreThe week ahead: Australian jobs, Chinese economic data for last month, a Kiwi rate decision and US retail sales, not to mention oil and the worsening unrest in Libya.
Read MoreSlowly but surely fears about the impact of the unrest in Libya and the rest Middle East are starting to overwhelm the bulls’ belief that the US economic recovery is all powerful.
Read MoreSo was America’s February jobs report one of the strongest US payroll reports in months?
Read MoreChina has a new five year economic plan that will emphasise boosting incomes, social and welfare spending, pollution and carbon control and newer industries in technology and biology.
Read MoreIt’s a rare situation where a major supplier is a better financial performer than the retailer it supplies.
Read MoreSo will tonight be the night that marks the rebirth of the depressed American jobs market?
Read MoreThe AMP’s chief economist and Strategist, Dr Shane Oliver says there was a lot of uncertainty going into the recent earnings reporting season.
Read MoreThe New Zealand Reserve Bank meets on Thursday to discuss monetary policy and the emerging question, should there be a rate cut to soften the growing financial impact of the Christchurch earthquakes?
Read MoreThe first conclusive evidence of the damage done to exports and building approvals by the Queensland floods in late December and early January has emerged in the latest figures.
Read MoreThe Lowy Family’s hold on Westfield Group was eased a touch yesterday with David Lowy stepping down (along with long time director, David Gonski), and 80 year old co-founder frank Lowy stepping back to be a non-executive chairman.
Read MoreMetcash shares eased yesterday to an eight month low yesterday after the company cut its 2011 full year profit forecast in half.
Read MoreNow for the Victorian Supreme Court decision next week after AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH) minority shareholders have voted in favour of the AMP $14.3 billion merger proposal.
Read MoreThe changes continue at the embattled Ten Network as the shares in regional Pay TV group, Austar jumped sharply on takeover speculation yesterday.
Read MoreNo real surprise in yesterday’s national accounts with growth on track, no sign of any weakness feared by some analysts back in January, wages and labour costs under control, inflation weak and consumption moderate.
Read MoreMore signs that China’s manufacturing sector is taking a bit of a breather, but not slowing too sharply.
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