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Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... more than 2000 points. At the end of trade, the S&P 500 fell 7.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.79%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 7.29%. NYSE president Stacey Cunningham said the trading halt overnight serves to help build market resilience ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... activity" posed by the coronavirus. Wall Street's reaction to the Fed's decision -- Dow down 3.0%, S&P 500 down 2.8%, Nasdaq down 3%, Russell 2000 down 2.1% -- may give other central banks (especially those that have already ran out of interest ...

New ETF for ASX All Tech Index

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... scale, there will always been an opportunity to look at the overall cost," Vynokur said. BetaShares has ETFs tracking the NASDAQ, Asian tech stocks, and now, the ASX's all tech sector. For ATEC, it sees potential demand from overseas investors looking ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... investments in global tech stocks. For example, financial advisers already have access to tech ETFs such as the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF, Morningstar Global Technology ETF and the BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF, to name a few. Dalton, on the other ...

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... broader international technology exposures are already available on the ASX (from passive funds such as BetaShares' NASDAQ 100 ETF to Magellan's high conviction ETFs); FAANG is the first dedicated ETF for the sector. "We are launching it after ...

All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... and provide new opportunities to investors. The S&P/ASX All Tech Index, which some analysts have likened to an Australian NASDAQ, will allow Australian and global investors alike to track the performance of our nation's expanding technology industry ...

Focus to acquire stake in MEDIQ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... acquire or find someone to partner with through an acquisition." Focus's international expansion Focus is listed on the NASDAQ and currently derives a small portion of its revenues from international partners. Focus chair, co-founder and chief executive ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... straight, down 1.6% or 453.93 points on Monday. The S&P 500 also fell 1.6% in its worst performance since October, while the Nasdaq had its worst day since August, dropping 1.9%. The Australian market did not escape unharmed. The ASX All Ordinaries dove ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... They're multiplying..." Wall Street is down... with the coronavirus flu! The Dow declined by 0.5%, the S&P 500 by 0.3%, the Nasdaq by 0.02%, and the Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case ...

Australians gifted new tech index

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... number could change depending on IPOs and company changes. When asked if the All Tech would be Australia's answer to the NASDAQ, he argued that it was beside the point. "If people want to draw parallels with other stock markets, that's for them to ...