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Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... can count on your friendly central banker to do more. This ties in nicely with the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) just concluded "Sentiment Survey" (20 May) that showed "Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay ...

XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... embedded in a financial adviser's and broker's asset class diversification models and model portfolios for individual investors," Murphy said. "Australia has long lacked a retail corporate bond market with corporates relying almost solely on the wholesale ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... but aren't walking the talk. This is what I walk out with after poring through the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) sentiment and asset allocation surveys conducted in the last week of March. In its 2 April report, the AAII published ...

ETF investor numbers growing rapidly

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Low cost was the most important driver of investment in ETFs for advisers. Mirroring the growth in usage by individual investors, adviser usage of ETFs grew from 33% to 40% - the highest level to date. There are also indications significant opportunities ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... higher cost fee-based advisory accounts, that could ultimately lead to a number of negative consequences for individual investors, including limiting investor choice, limiting investor access to education regarding retirement accounts, and increased ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... collective actions. Already the strong US dollar is souring investor sentiment. The American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) 4 February sentiment survey shows that, "More than a third of all respondents (36%) said it is having a negative ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are expected to buy $1 billion of Australian equities per month, but what if individual investors developed an appetite for global stocks at the expense of the local market? A Credit Suisse analysis of "Down-under surprises ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... the bulls won - and there are more of them now. This, as much, is reflected in the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) survey conducted in the week ended 12 November 2014. Bullish sentiment - expectations of stock price gains over the ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... respective QEs. I guess we just have to wait for the Fed's fresh take on this. The latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) sentiment survey - results as at 22 October -- is telling just in case the Fed says something untoward and volatility ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... trading. After dropping 50 points we rallied back 90," he said. "So, the question for today is: Will those individual investors who stepped up to the plate yesterday on the basis of dividend yields do so again today?" He said the key stocks to watch ...