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Daily Economic Update

Germany's Ifo business confidence index rose to 99.6 in December from 97.8 in the previous month. This is the highest level since August 2000, with both the current situation and expectation components both rising. Increased exports (due to the 12 per ...

Market wrap

With Christmas just five sleeps away, trade is expected to be fairly light in a quiet local session, and the Australian share market is likely to open a little bit weaker as a soft lead form the US and weaker base metals weigh on the domestic bourse. ...

Global hedge funds up 7 per cent for the year: Greenwich-Van

The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained 7 per cent over the year to end October, according to hedge fund index provider Greenwich-Van Advisors (Greenwich-Van). "Many hedge fund strategies, with the exception of short sellers and convertible ...

Daily Economic Update

Japan's current account surplus widened by a stronger-than-expected 6.5 per cent to Y1.86 trillion (US$15.8 billion) in the year to September, boosted by an 8.9 per cent rise in exports to record levels. Rising exports, combined with climbing consumer ...

Economic slow down on the agenda: Access Economics

Economic forecaster Access Economics expects a slow down of the economy into 2006 and 2007, in spite of Australia's current minerals boom. Speaking at the AXA Style Summit in Sydney, Access economics director Chris Richardson highlighted a range of ...

Lonsec approves of Mariner's foray into US property

Lonsec has given the thumbs up to Mariner's recent foray into the American property trust market, providing an 'Upper Recommended' rating to its recent offering, the Mariner American Property Income Trust (MAPIT). The rating follows the existing AA ...

Volatility of returns from international equities at an all time low

van Eyk's review of international equities has shown the volatility of returns from this investment sector to be at an historically low level. van Eyk head of research and ratings Suzanne Tavill says volatility levels were particularly low between stocks ...

First six months flat for Platinum

Platinum Captial has experienced a flat first half of the 2004/05 financial year with its international investments, despite strong performances by stock markets world wide across all industries, predominantly due to the short positions being held by ...

Global and local share outlook positive, bonds not so: AMP Capital Investors

AMP Capital Investors market report forecasts a rising global share market, sustainable levels in the Australian share market and low returns in the bond market. "Global shares should continue to rise into next year on the back of falling oil prices ...

Double-digit returns continue for 2004 but beware of the US dollar.

Results from Intech's latest growth survey reveal the median fund has achieved a year-to-date return of 13.4 per cent which means superannuation investors will enjoy double digit returns for the first calendar year since 1998. INVESCO achieved the leading ...