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Positive economic sentiment stirs interest for small caps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... to recover from the global financial crisis, China moderating its own growth and a higher level of confidence over the European economy, investors feel now more confident. Political certainty in Australia after the federal elections and a pick up on ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... October 29-30 policy meeting, which suggested its $US85 billion-a-month in asset purchases could soon be reduced. LONDON - European stocks mostly pulled back as investors awaited clues as to whether the US Federal Reserve will seek to taper its economic ...

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... this more optimistic view of the UK and the US, he took a very pessimistic view on Europe, pointing particularly to the European Central Bank's refusal to employ quantitative easing. "We think that the structural difficulties that Europe is facing means ...

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... loans, emerging market high yield and corporate bonds in US dollars and local currencies. The portfolio also holds pan-European high yield securities as well as Asian corporate bonds. Cunningham said that a competitive global high income strategy should ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... and state complaints over its sales of mislabelled mortgage-backed securities ahead of the financial crisis. LONDON - European stocks fell after sentiment was hit by investment titan Carl Icahn's warning that equities were heading for a big drop, analysts ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, itself within striking range of 4,000, lost 36.90 (0.93 per cent) at 3,949.07. LONDON - European main stock markets opened the week higher and the euro advanced against the US dollar as dealers took their cue from a ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... dropped to a negative 2.21 from a positive 1.52 in October, the first time in negative territory since May. LONDON - European stock markets drifted higher in subdued trading before the weekend, as sentiment was lifted by Wall Street pushing further into ...

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... pension funds are readying to invest into the country. The VP's visit follows a series of briefings for Australian, US and European pension funds and investment consultants that leading Indonesian investment manager, Mandiri Investasi, ran in Jakarta ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... cent) at 3,972.74. The gains pushed the Dow and S&P 500 to new all-time records for the second day in a row. LONDON - European stock markets rose, buoyed by hopes that prospective Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen will keep the US central bank's stimulus ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... exceeded expectations by eight US cents and the company projected full-year profits that exceeded forecasts. LONDON - European stock markets retreated, extending the previous day's losses on eurozone strains and speculation that the US Federal Reserve ...