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No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... least 1.4 percent." What do these tell us, Sisyphus? These confirm that equities are in a bull market and a not a bear market rally as the prophets of doom would have you believe. Market history observers note that during bull markets investors consider ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... outside the rebel-held town of Ras Lanuf. On Wall Street, it was a weak start to the second-year anniversary of the bear market lows struck on March 9, 2009, when the Dow finished at its lowest level since 1997, at 6,547.05 points. Since then the blue-chip ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... several months now. There's the good, the bad and the rumours. In essence, all confirm a bull market, all confirm a bear market and all confirm a consolidation. The good: US industrial production increased by 1.2 per cent in May - more than expectations ...

Cash lifelines still strong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... equity strategy. "They have firepower to act, but are unconvinced by the modest recent equity rally, suggesting it is a bear market in both sentiment and markets. "Global sector allocations remain resolutely defensive," said Baker. A total of 205 fund ...

Members to benefit from standard risk labels: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Many super fund trustees are supporting the idea of applying standardised risk labels to all their member investment choices, a move that will help fund members better understand the risk they take when switching from one option to the next. ASFA chief ...

ING to guarantee money for life

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
ING Australia has launched MoneyForLife, a new retirement income product that promises to banish investor concerns of ever outliving their savings. For a minimum investment of $50,000, anyone from age 18 to 85 can access the product. Depending on the ...

Sweet and sour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... one-day fall as a reflection that something more ominous is brewing. Others went further -- declaring China is now in a bear market. But as you've read in this space, Chinese equities have experienced deeper slides than this before. And each time they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... pressure in early trading on Wednesday as a broad-based decline in Asia -- Chinese shares slumped into a so-called bear market -- stymied Wall Street sentiment. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly mixed, but off their lows as a supportive ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... definition of a bull market? A bull market is generally defined as when stock prices rise 20 per cent from their lows. A bear market, the reverse. Bears were quick to call their market as soon as the indexes dropped below their guideposts back in 2007. ...

DNR scores AMP mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
Managed accounts specialists Dalton Nicol Reid has picked up three dealer group mandates in the last month, including one from AMP. Jamie Nicol, chief investment officer of DNR, said that there's no doubt that the managed accounts market is booming ...