Better prepared than sorry: the US Fed has set up a financial crisis center, chairman Bernanke revealed this week.
The recent rally in Telstra shares and the better than expected T3 offer has given the Government’s Future Fund a boost, Macquarie estimating it may now be almost a decade ahead of schedule.
Weekly musings from your editor.
TD Securities suggests rate cuts currently priced into North American markets are justified, but record share prices and low unemployment should limit the extent of any easing.
Deutsche Bank believes the RBNZ will tighten at the end of this month while the RBA will sit tight in February. Time to take notice?
January tends to be a positive month for shares in general as well as for the US dollar, aluminium and oil, Barclays reports.
The final musings from your editor in 2006. Best wishes to you all.
The highest PPI jump in thirty years was a bit of a wake-up call, but Wall Street pressed relentlessly higher in the end.
The RBA has warned of an hoax email requesting Australian bank customers to register and reveal their online account details.
The markets may well do funny things this week as we square up before the break.