All Ordinaries 5143.301  55.465 (1.1%) ¦
ASX 200 5066.521 55.301 (1.1%) ¦
ASX Small Ords 2884.536 16.446 (0.6%) ¦
Industrials 4777.29  -36.053 (-0.7%) ¦
Real Estate Capital Partners Hi Q2 Fund August 2008 ¦
Fin.-x-Prop Trusts 4858.574 32.939 (0.7%) ¦
Materials 14003.33 205.458 (1.5%) ¦
Cons. Staple 7348.314 86.032 (1.2%) ¦
Real Estate Capital Partners Hi Q2 Fund August 2008 ¦
Telecom Serv. 1451.378 -22.047 (-1.5%) ¦
10y Bond Yield 5.763 0.041 (0.7%) ¦
AUD / USD 0.8624($US) 0.0 ¦
Listed Managed Investments June 2008 Quarter ¦
AUD / Euro 0.5864($A) 0.0 ¦
AUD / STG 0.4715(GBP) 0.0 ¦
AUD / Yen 94.3888(Yen) 0.34 ¦
Junior Resources June 2008 Quarterly Review ¦
USD / Yen 109.465(Yen) -0.1 ¦
Asteron Longevity Income Stream August 2008 ¦
Trilogy first Mortgage Income Trust August 2008 ¦
Listed Managed Investments, June 2008 Quarter ¦
Navra Blue Chip Australian Share Retail Fund ¦
Government Property Trust Series 5 Preference Units ¦
Emerging Companies Review August 2008 ¦
Euro / USD 1.4706($US) 0.0 ¦
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From this week's ShareAnalysis Weekly
The FY08 reporting season is underway, with results in line with expectations. Stocks and sectors under stress and exposed to the challenging macro-economic headwinds surrounding the global debt market, high company-specific debt levels, exposed to the US, NZ and UK economies and/or exposed to the vagaries of consumer spending patterns have reported weak results, as expected. Major resource companies, healthcare, engineering and information & technology companies have reported strong results, with positive outlooks for FY09. Consumer staple and telecommunications companies have reported generally solid results with a stable outlook and providing a base for most investors’ portfolio requirements, conditional on appropriate valuations and P/E multiples.
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...more | As the primary driver of global economic growth, the US economy acts as a cornerstone for economic health and prosperity both in America and elsewhere, given its large trading volumes with other countries.
...more Domestic economic data continue to suggest a softening in economic activity, providing ammunition for the RBA to adopt a dovish approach to monetary policy.
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Stocks In This Issue
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Calendar of Events
Today's Events
| AGM Date | ABY, MHI |
| Date Payable | AEZ, AGG, AXQ, BKI, BLP, BWP, CDP, CER, CHC, CKP, CMW, CNA, CNR, DXS, EBI, GJT, IEF, IHF, IIF, ILF, IOF, IOF, KIL, LEP, MIX, MRZ, MRZ, NVT, OIF, RNY, SGP, SGPN, SLF, TCL, TCQ, THG, TPF, TSO, VPG, WDC |
| Ex-Dividend Date | AGK, AJL, CIL, COH, DOW, GZL, HST, SUN, SUNPA, SUNPB, UBS |
| Record Date | ANZPA, BLD, CCL, CCQ, CDL, CRT, ESV, IRI, MHI, MOC, PBG, PPT, REF, SIV, TEL, TIM, TLS, WHC |
| EGM Date | AAG, GWR, PMM |
| Reporting Date | AFG, BBP, DUE, HVN, NWH, PDN, SGM, TAP, WDC |
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Earnings Changes
* Changes made to EPS in the last 7 days by more than 3%
Top Movers for 28-Aug-08
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Market Reports
Overnight
US stocks rose, led by manufacturers and financial companies after growth in exports helped the economy expand faster than estimated in the second quarter.
Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones by about 3.5 to 1 on the NYSE, while on the Nasdaq, advancers beat decliners by about 2.6 to 1.
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Australian
The Australian share market peaked just before lunch, and gave back a handful of its gains over Thursday afternoon. The All Ords finished 56 points higher.
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