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That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... points. The S&P/ASX 200 index has done so repeatedly over the past few weeks only to be pushed back. It tried again yesterday, reached a high of 5,985.60 points before closing at 5,982.69 points. However, this is the closest closing the S&P/ASX 200 index ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... barely two weeks to go and armed with the latest inflation update that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released yesterday, the answer to this question should be clearer. But nah, it remains as clear as mud for like the title of that hit sitcom ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked markets last Friday weren't really well... bad. Impressive is the workings ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... in March and April. The A$ gamblers thinks so. The A$ jumped to a high of US$0.7782 after opening at around 0.7680 in yesterday's trade. It's currently fetching US$0.7792 after reaching US$0.7806 overnight (although this was partly aided by general US$ ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... "Offshore leads weren't great. In combination with that, there's a little bit of negativity from the China data from yesterday," Quay equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said. On Wall Street on Monday, markets sagged ahead of the start of first-quarter-earnings ...

Invesco launches multi-asset targeted return fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... another idea. Invesco Australia chief executive Martin Franc said: "The easy beta wins in a liquidity-fuelled market are yesterday's story. Demand for the Invesco Global Targeted Returns strategy is strong because investors are seeking a more certain ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... keep interest rates steady. It's currently fetching US$0.7640. Is this morning's reversal in the A$/US$ exchange from yesterday's sharp rebound a function of the re-strengthened greenback - the US dollar index gained by 1.2% overnight - or ramped expectations ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... space 24 hours ago? They've just gone up to 72% and the Australian dollar's fall to a low of US$0.7597 (down 0.4% from yesterday's US$0.7628) in intra-day trade overnight backs this up. The question is would the dollar-A continue to head down and stay ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... easing by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) boosted investor confidence, sending the Shanghai Composite index up by 2.5% yesterday. That's fine and dandy, Hamish & Andy, if you live day to day. But look at it on a longer time frame - the index is up ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... "By doing this, we aim to avoid the trap of being captive to stocks listed in the indices, which we believe are really yesterday's success stories, not tomorrow's. It also helps us to expose, and work to avoid, many myths that have grown up around the ...