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Boutique small cap backer fills bank funding gap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Securities. The firm is still identifying a number of opportunities within the small cap market despite the small cap market index rebounding over 63 per cent in a year to February. "We're seeing some value but some small companies are starting to be ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... count their losses. The optimism and increased risk appetite for equities in 2009 may have taken the Japanese stock market index up 49.5 per cent from the cycle low of 7,074.98 points it plumbed on 10 March 2009, but this is small consolation given that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... unfolded. WELLINGTON - A tumultuous year for the New Zealand share market seems to be ending on a quiet note with the market index trading in a narrow range for a third consecutive day. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 4.484 points on Thursday ...

Super funds eye catastrophic investing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Credit Suisse Investments hopes to fill the local investment gap for alternative asset classes that are genuinely uncorrelated to domestic equities - a move that ends in "catastrophe". Filo Sedillo, the local managing director in alternative investments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... 9626.8. The Nasdaq composite advanced 10.88 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 2091.78 and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index added 6.61 points, or 0.63 per cent, to 1049.34. LONDON - European stock markets were mixed as investors consolidated recent ...

Wait no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... moods daily in one single price? So rather than looking at the day-to-day gyrations of this single price - the equity market index - look at the overall trend. And that trend, my friend is up. And every speculator/investor knows that, "the trend is your ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... technology-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 16.54 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 1984.30 and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index increased 11.60 points, or 1.19 per cent, to 986.75. LONDON - European stock markets surged, powered by positive corporate ...

The dragon stumbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... OMG! Head for the exits! The lone shining supernova of the global economy is burning out! China's benchmark stock market index plummeted by 5 per cent yesterday - the largest fall since a 6.3 per cent correction in November last year. Woe to us! Yes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell 9.12 points, or 0.51 per cent, to 1,787.4, while the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index edged up 2.3 points, 0.26 per cent, to settle at 898.72. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slid in gloomy trading as investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... settle at 8,280.74. The Nasdaq fell 49.2 points, or 2.67 per cent, to 1,796.52 and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index fell 26.91 points, or 2.91 per cent, to settle at 896.42. LONDON - Leading European stock exchanges showed few signs of life ...