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Aussie stocks best value for 25 years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... global economic outlook and the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe, has seen a move to defensive stocks such as consumer staples, healthcare, IT, utilities and property. The herd mentality has seen valuations of these stocks driven artificially upwards ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... investors are looking for yield generating assets. The big four Aussie banks are obvious candidates for bond issues, as are staples like Woolworths." In the present market investors remain uncertain about where to put their money but falling term-deposits ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... industry classification standard) producing positive returns last month. Five sectors - consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, healthcare and utilities - recorded negative returns in the month of September. It could be that - as most commentators ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... was the worst-performing sector on the market, having fallen 1.64 per cent. Utilities (down 1.25 per cent) and consumer staples (down 0.75 per cent) were also in negative territory. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... Gamble and Nestle. The types of companies that are performing well overseas are in the tech, pharmaceutical, consumer staples and energy industries that aren't typically available in Australia in a diversified way. Oliver also points out that the high ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... healthcare, which was up 1.11 per cent, according to IRESS data. Meanwhile, energy stocks were up 0.66 per cent, while consumer staples had also risen 0.66 per cent. Financials and materials - Australia's two big market sectors - were up 0.15 per cent ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... technical buy signal on Australian equities is in effect, but avoid miners and banks... buy into defensives (consumer staples and health care) as well as industrials." And that, "Industrials and manufacturing will outperform on lower interest rates and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... picture of US economic growth. Earnings news from retailers steered much of the action, with shares in office supply chain Staples plunging 14.6 per cent on its poor results and outlook. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... the big four banks up after gaining 39 cents, or 1.87 per cent, to $21.26. Telstra's stock was steady at $3.66. Consumer staples and discretionary stocks also bounced, with department store owner Myer Holdings up two cents, or 1.09 per cent, to $1.86 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian share market remained in the red by noon on fresh concerns over Europe's debt crisis, with consumer staples stocks bucking the downward trend. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 51.4 points, or 1.26 per ...