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September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
"So, are you going to tighten by Labor Day?" Tonight we're going back to the future.A Going back to that fateful day on the 22nd of May -- when Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady posed this question upon US Federal ...

QE tapering fears spark $1 billion flight from bonds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Outflows of around $1 billion from Australian bond funds are being viewed by many as a signal the 32-year bull market in the asset class is over, but some funds have bucked the trend. According to data provided by Morningstar, Australian internationally ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
The upcoming start of the reporting season serves up an opportunity to short companies likely to post disappointing results, according to Pengana Captial market neutral portfolio manager Phillip Boustridge. Market neutral equity strategies combine long ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street with the Dow and the S&P 500 again reaching record highs. At 0756 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 4,972. No major economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's reassurances on the tapering of US stimulus measures. In his testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke said the Fed would likely scale back its $US85 billion-a-month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said tapering of stimulus measures was not on a "preset course". In testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke reiterated that the Fed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall Street snapped a three-day streak of records as investors looked ahead to Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The Australian market has opened higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 surged to record highs overnight. The local market continued to rally on Friday morning after three days of gains, opening around half a per cent higher. This ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 vaulted to new records following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's pledge to maintain the central bank's easy-money policy for the foreseeable future. ...