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Are banks overpriced or good value today?

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One stock is set for a 26% share price gain over the next 12 months while the other is destined…

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It's official: Australia's property markets are falling

| Mike King

Median property prices in Sydney and Melbourne are falling

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The interest rate cut and Warren Buffett's advice for your cash

| Bruce Jackson

With interest rates potentially falling to 2%, sitting in cash for too much longer could be a seriously wealth destroying…

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Odds of rate cut firm

| Mike King

Falling building approvals and a slip in house prices could see RBA cut rates next week

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Manufacturing hits GFC lows

| Mike King

High Australian dollar and rising labour costs high burden for local manufacturers

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Two more rate cuts say NAB

| Mike King

Unemployment and house prices key influences

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Rate cuts over: Retail sales climb

| Mike King

Consumers splash out on electronics, household goods and food

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House prices post biggest gain in 3 years

| Mike King

Housing recovery ahead?

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Westpac raises interest rates

| Mike King

Signs that RBA rate cuts have finished

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Job numbers spike Aussie dollar

| Mike King

RBA unlikely to cut rates for some time says market

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Banks to cut rates this week?

| Mike King

RBA keeps official rate at 3%, but we could see a cut by one of the big four as early…

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Gold: It's over

| Bruce Jackson

The Dow (INDEX: ^DJI) and S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) are back on the up, as are dividend stocks,…

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Interest rates on hold

| Mike King

And could be for some time, according to RBA Governor Glenn Stevens

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Small lenders cut mortgage rates

| Mike King

And with no prompting from the Reserve Bank

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You've got me beat, Commonwealth Bank

| Bruce Jackson

Dividend stocks like Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarmers defy gravity. Are they the next bubble?

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Westpac cuts mortgage rate below 5%

| Mike King

Two-year fixed rate home loan drops to 4.99%

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Banks to slash deposit rates?

| Mike King

Pressure building on banks to cut deposit rates

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Builders struggle as house prices rise

| Mike King

Developers resorting to discounts, gift cards and other incentives to entice buyers, despite rising house prices

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Banks under pressure to pass on rate cuts

| Mike King

Wholesale funding costs dropping

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Retail revival

| Mike King

Green shoots in the retail sector?

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Are the big banks overpriced?

| Mike King

Rush by investors into high yielding stocks may push them up further, or it could fall like a house of…

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A rate cut in February?

| Mike King

Private gauge of inflation at lower end of RBA's target range

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Banks to pass on full rate cuts in 2013?

| Mike King

More pressure on banks as funding costs ease

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Green shoots in the housing market?

| Mike King

2nd consecutive monthly rise in new home sales suggests this might be the start of a recovery in the construction…

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Big four banks take stranglehold on mortgages

| Mike King

The big four Australian banks are increasing their dominance of the mortgage market

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Another rate cut on the cards?

| Mike King

Retailers say this one wasn't enough

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Banks ignore pleas to pass on full rate cut

| Mike King

Only ING Direct passes on full cut to customers so far

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Decision day: Rate cut on the cards

| Mike King

Majority of economists predicting 0.25% rate cut

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Can the RBA save Christmas?

| Mike King

Economists predict RBA to cut official cash rates on Tuesday

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Jump in new home sales

| Mike King

Could this be the start of a housing recovery?

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More retailers to collapse says Gerry Harvey

| Mike King

Many retailers expected to go bust next year

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Property prices to remain flat

| Mike King

Mortgage market expected to grow by up to 5% in 2013

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Interest rate cuts not helping retailers

| Mike King

David Jones CEO says consumers keeping hands in pockets

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RBA's Christmas present?

| Mike King

Central bank indicates further rate cuts may be coming

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RBA holds steady

| Tim McArthur

What the RBA's decision means for the economy

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House prices fall

| Mike King

And interest rates expected to fall further

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More pain for bank shareholders

| Mike King

Another two banks warn about lower earnings

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Inflation shock: prices on the way up

| Mike King

CPI data reduces chance of rate cut on Melbourne Cup day

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Aussie John: What property bubble?

| Mike King

Aussie Home Loans chief expects house prices to increase

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Lower bank interest? Try shares

| Mike King

Deposit rates cut by full 0.25%

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Big four banks snub borrowers

| Mike King

While the RBA reduced rates by 0.25%, the majors have kept some for themselves

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