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ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... risk factor that we're looking at is that the market reacts a little bit as if that is the case - that you do get a correction in the dividend paying stocks." However Tyler stopped short of criticising the policies, adding he personally agrees with the ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... building approvals - down 14.1% in the year to September from -12.6% in August and -6.5% in July. So far so good. The correction in the housing market remains orderly but it also raises doubt with regards to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Persistent sell orders have put Wall Street's major benchmark indices either in a correction (defined as a 10% drop from the nearest peak) or on the cusp of one: Nasdaq (-11.5%) and Russell 2000 (-15.6%); S&P 500 (-9.4%) and DJIA (-8.4%). The sell-off ...

Super funds excel in reporting obligation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... member reporting errors and disclosing them voluntarily to the extent that the ATO has moved from "detection" to a "self-correction" model of compliance. He went on to say the ATO is confident there's strong, quantitative evidence that super funds' member ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... around the world. Trump continued his attack on the Fed as the slide on Wall Street continued overnight. "It's a correction that I think is caused by the Fed and interest rates. The dollar is very strong, very powerful, and it causes difficulty doing ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Investment in exchange-traded funds can no longer be "phoned in" especially when the products are viewed as a transcendent technology that will reshape the traditional fund landscape. Using the analogy that smartphones have become less about calling ...

Frequent traders re-evaluate broking landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... first half of 2018, the three engines of growth were firing on all cylinders," Guiamatsia said. "The February market correction generated interest around the world for assets perceived to be undervalued, and Australian investors were no different." Investment ...

Investor interest in long-short strategies surging: Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... 43% in the 12 months to March as investors steer portfolios through a prolonged bull run with concerns for a market correction in the future. Over a four-year period, Zenith has seen a 78% growth in funds invested in the segment. Managers running long-short ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Major bank stocks could tumble up to 40% if the correction in the housing market gets more disorderly, UBS analysts led by Jonathan Mott said in a research note dated May 30. However, this "credit crunch" is not yet UBS' base case, even though it ...

Volatility divides investors: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... have. "The downside opinion is likely built on the view that after a long period of steady growth, we are due for a correction that will bring security prices back down to earth," he said. "However, on the upside, increasing volatility could signal higher ...