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Aussie gains as RBA keeps quiet on currency strength

06/09/2016(0)
Australia’s dollar was the biggest gainer among major currencies as U.S. and European traders returned from summer holidays on Tuesday, jumping almost 1 percent after the country’s central bank ... Read More
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Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent

06/09/2016(0)
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. The global economy is continuing to grow, at a lower than average ... Read More
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Asia shares rally as US job report seen dimming chance of Sept hike

05/09/2016(0)
Asian shares rose on Monday after a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report prompted investors to trim expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates as early as this month. ... Read More
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Investors miss out on $500 billion as global bond yields plunge, Fitch Rating says

01/09/2016(0)
Investors have seen their interest income squeezed as global bond yields plunge. On the flipside, governments aren’t complaining. Relative to yields in 2011, global investors are foregoing more than ... Read More
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Emerging Currencies Rebound With Shares After U.S. Stocks Rally

30/08/2016(0)
Overseas funds net buyers in South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand Concerns of higher U.S. rates are fading, according to KTB Emerging-market stocks rose, heading for their biggest gain in ... Read More
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Oil prices rise as dollar comes off two-week high

30/08/2016(0)
Oil futures edged up on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar backed off a two-week high hit the day before, although doubts that crude producers would agree next month to ... Read More
investments

Which are the alternative investments that going mainstream?

29/08/2016(0)
Alternative investments such as fine wines, classic cars and jewels are going mainstream, as investors grapple with ultra-low interest rates and volatile stocks. Spooked by the end of a ... Read More
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Fed’s Dislike of Negative Interest Rates Points to Limits of Stimulus Measures

29/08/2016(0)
Federal Reserve officials are content to watch others’ experience of negative rates from a distance Federal Reserve officials are turning a cold shoulder to a controversial idea being tried ... Read More
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Most Asia stocks slide on Fed officials’ rate comments, dollar firms

29/08/2016(0)
Most Asian share markets tumbled on Monday while the U.S. dollar added to gains made after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated a U.S. interest rate increase remains on ... Read More
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Dollar Drops as Traders Seek Clarity From Yellen Amid Rhetoric

26/08/2016(0)
Yellen is likely to point toward December action, Westpac says Any adjustment for ‘near-term hike’ to support dollar: BNP A gauge of the dollar declined for a second day, ... Read More
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