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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Wall Street overnight. At 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 29 points at 5,835. US stocks gained some ground following the first rise in US factory orders in eight months. Locally, the Reserve Bank has its board ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The share market has opened higher thanks to strong leads from Wall Street and a rally among the major mining stocks. However, the big four banks are weighing on the market after Westpac unveiled a flat first half cash profit of $3.78 billion, Australian ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... Henderson Global Investors has launched in Australia its Global Equity Income Fund, which seeks to invest in dividend paying stocks. The fund is managed by Henderson's global equity income team, led by head of global equity income Alex Crooke, and it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... at 5,883.6. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 103.3 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 5,818.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished lower on news the US economy grew just 0.2 per cent in the first quarter. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... expectations of a delayed cut in interest rates weigh on the major banks. Firmer commodity prices had boosted some mining stocks, while a stronger Australian dollar had been a negative for some healthcare stocks, OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... that international investors remain underweight. People are becoming worried about a bubble but there's been a 23% move in stocks without any real participation. Bubbles need to have participation." Flows into the country are negative year-to-date and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... cent, lower at 5,948.5. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 33.3 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 5,921.5. NEW YORK - US stocks have finished mostly higher but Apple's selloff left the Nasdaq in the red and NYSE-traded Twitter's unintentional early ...

BetaShares US equity ETF rated

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... was launched in January and aims to track the performance of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index before fees and expenses. The stocks included in the index are weighted based on measures of the economic size of each company rather than market capitalisation ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Australian Financial Review (AFR). "Morgan Stanley equity strategist Chris Nicol upgraded his 12-month forecast for local stocks from 5350 but could not reconcile stretched valuations with the ability for shares to hold onto current prices." "...with ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... cent, higher at 5,982.7. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 48 points, or 0.81 per cent, at 5,954.8. NEW YORK - US stocks have snapped a three-day rally to record highs as investors awaited Apple earnings results and a Federal Reserve policy meeting. ...