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The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... these stocks are going higher and higher, and not because of any fundamental value in the business." Companies that enter an index like the S&P/ASX 200 historically become more expensive on a multiples basis than when they're not in the index, Goldberg ...

Aussie ETF investors got oil bets wrong before crash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... and were stung hard when WTI May contracts slipped into negative territory in Monday's trading. BetaShares Crude Oil Index ETF (OOO) tracks an index composed of WTI crude oil future contracts, focusing on shorter-dated deliveries, and is the only ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... believe this is an opportune time to launch the fund. Since its peak in mid-February to launch date, the S&P/ASX Mid Cap 50 Index dropped by almost 40%. We believe there are now several opportunities to begin buying high quality, income producing businesses ...

Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... concentrated strategies behave compared to diversified peers, and how different investing styles fair. Miles said value index significantly underperformed (-16.12% in AUD) the growth (-2.60%) and quality (-2.73%) benchmarks during the first quarter. ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... going forward. This is supported and indicated by the deepening pessimism among consumers. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment plummeted by 17.7% to a reading of 75.6 in April - the biggest monthly decline in the survey's ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... 20 all-time high. The quarter saw the main benchmarks for large cap Australian equities funds (S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index) fall 23% while the small-caps benchmark (S&P/ASX 200 Small Ords Accumulation Index) tumbled 26.7%. Both erased three years ...

Market pain to continue: State Street

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... pushed investors to take on more risk. "As we progress into the second quarter of the year, the high in the VIX ('the fear index") is likely behind us," he said. "However, despite the VIX being down 30% from its highs, the overall market doesn't feel ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... correlation market performance and ESG scores. Each ESG rating level was worth around 2.8% of stock performance versus the index during pandemic, Fidelity said. In the 36 days between February 19 and March 26, the S&P 500 fell 26.9%. Fidelity meanwhile ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... year and only easing to 9.1% in 2021. This is affirmed by the continued deterioration in the ISM manufacturing employment index to a reading of 43.8 in March from 46.9 in the previous month; the ISM non-manufacturing employment index to 47 from 55.6 ...

AMP Capital shutters global equities fund for platform investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... information technology and healthcare stocks. Recent performance for the platform class has been better than the MSCI World Index (Net Dividends Reinvested) in Australian dollar terms.