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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The share market has opened flat as strength in high-yield bank stocks is balanced out by weak energy and mining sectors. IG market strategist Evan Lucas says the market is repositioning itself into high-yield stocks in expectation of an upcoming rate ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
And it's off and... running. Whoops, sorry Virginia, I've gotten ahead of myself. It won't be hitting Europe's pavements till Monday, 9 March 2015 - the first instalment of the ECB's QE worth a,-60 billion, and a,-60 billion monthly hereafter until ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... not normal that you see the ASX move as hard as it did after an RBA meeting," he said. "It just shows you how strong the yield trade was, and investors pressed the sell button when they didn't see rates move. But it's highly likely we'll get another ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... vogue with investors looking for investments that deliver income streams. "The insurance sector pays an attractive dividend yield (4.6% for 2015). This yield is even more appealing when put into context with the current low interest rates. Today the ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
"First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna do is... and slam!" - Kevin Bacon ...

BetaShares funds now available on AMP platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... Four BetaShares funds have been added to AMP's North, Summit and iAccess super and investment platforms. The Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser Fund, FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF, S&P 500 Yield Maximiser Fund and Australian High Interest Cash ETF are now accessible ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Like an expectant father, the Australian stock market is beaming with gleeful anticipation of a birth of another child. It's coming! It's coming! Expectations that the RBA would deliver another 25 bps cut in the official cash rate - taking it down to ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
"If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true..." - Tim Hardin Data releases over the past few weeks have vindicated the "crisis" duo of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his cigar-smoking Treasurer Joe Hockey. ...

A little tweet told me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... frontrunning the "news' of the deal's final approval. The Athex composite index soared by 9.8% on the day (24 Feb) and the yield on Greek 10-year bonds dropped by 60 bps to 8.51%. Not bad for a day's work... of deceit.

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... still operating on 'old school' models. Against these challenges, achieving the two core goals for most investors of safe yield and growth will be harder. Minack said the very low volatility in stock markets in 2014 was a reflection of these forces at ...