The Australian sharemarket remains no place for the faint hearted. After falling by more than 4.2% yesterday – wiping around $40 billion o…
The Australian sharemarket remains no place for the faint hearted. After falling by more than 4.2% yesterday – wiping around $40 billion o…
The Australian sharemarket has taken a beating today, dropping over 3% in early trade as commodity prices fell again overnight. The Austra…
This morning’s big economic news contained a glimmer of hope for the property sector, with housing finance commitments jumping 1.3% in Nov…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been advised to introduce $3.4 billion worth of tax cuts scheduled for July earlier than expected after yester…
The bad news on Australia’s economy just keeps coming, with this morning’s ANZ job advertisement survey revealing that the number of job…
Economists have been shocked by a 12.8% slump in building approvals for November 2008 and say the poor state of the housing sector could be …
The latest retail sales data has surprised economists, with sales for November 2008 rising 0.4% month-on-month, seasonally adjusted. Most ec…
The new year cheer of Australian investors looks set to continue, with the Australian sharemarket enjoying solid gains in morning trade. T…
The first trading week of 2009 has started on a positive note, with Australian stocks climbing 1.3% in early trade, thanks largely to higher…
The Oz Minerals cash crisis represents another delicate moment for the Australian banking system. The banks narrowly averted a catastrophe i…
In the interests of being hopeful rather than hopeless, here are signs of market hope in the shorter term. In the interests of being hope…
Are we there yet? After the Australian sharemarket hit its lowest point since December 2003, the chorus of investors wondering when the mark…
