02:27AM | Glenn Mumford | The Australian Financial Review
Just as the US housing crisis proved the catalyst for the global equities meltdown, a sustained equity market recovery may ultimately require a clear sign that the residential property cycle has bottomed.
12:00AM | Peter Wells | The Australian Financial Review
A recovery among resources stocks lifted the Australian market, as mining heavyweights BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Newcrest Mining led the charge on stronger commodity prices and speculation of a stimulatory package in China.
12:00AM | Edited by: Jemima Whyte (jemima.whyte@afr.com.au) | The Australian Financial Review
Gunns makes the call to believers
02:27AM | David Bassanese | The Australian Financial Review
Equity optimists have one major positive on their side: the market's forward price-earnings ratio is very low - both in outright terms and relative to bond yields
12:00AM | George Liondis | The Australian Financial Review
A fresh wave of concern about US housing and financial markets stopped the US dollar in its tracks, threatening to put an abrupt end to a month-long rally that had promised to lift the ailing currency out of the doldrums.
12:00AM | Stephen Wyatt SHANGHAI | The Australian Financial Review
Commodity investors ignored further damning evidence of a slowdown in global demand yesterday, sparking a rally built on supply concerns and a weaker American dollar.
12:00AM | Reuters | The Australian Financial Review
The Beijing Olympics have sharply reduced copper demand in top consumer China but as normal life resumes, buyers are expected to revive the market, probably as soon as September.
12:00AM | Bloomberg | The Australian Financial Review
Interest-rate derivatives are showing that investors are preparing for another round of turmoil in credit markets amid renewed concern that the US will have to bail out home loan lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
12:00AM | Patrick Commins | The Australian Financial Review
It's going to help but it's not going to happen overnight.
12:00AM | Brendan Swift, Gabriella Hold, Peter Wells, Patrick Commins and Simon Evans | The Australian Financial Review
ST GEORGE
12:00AM | GEORGE LIONDIS | The Australian Financial Review
Mobile phone sales have slipped to their lowest level in 17 months despite the launch of Apple's popular iPhone, and analysts warn this trend is a serious sign of the extent of the slowdown in consumer sentiment.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
CAC
12:00AM | Edited by Andrew White | The Australian Financial Review
No news a break for James Hardie