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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 4,890 with 8,049 contracts traded. IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said the Australian market had opened higher due to strong leads from Wall Street and Europe and gains for the mining giants. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,739 with 8,298 contracts traded. IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said Australian stocks had opened higher following news that Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese had resigned after the ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... his other fixed income holdings. "I'm scared by this potential melt-down scenario," he added. Instreet Investment's George Lucas, however, is less concerned. "I'd be very surprised if the US reaches the 6.5% unemployment target by 2014," he said. He ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... March share price index futures contract was up five points at 4,694 with 3,953 contracts traded. IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas said while the market had opened fairly flat he was expecting it to fall during the day after a bad night for commodities. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 4,702 with 6,824 contracts traded. IG Markets market analyst Evan Lucas said he expected a day of steady trading on the Australian market after disappointing US trade figures released on the weekend ...

Further rate cuts to tempt investors back into risk assets: Lucas

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... fund trustees breathe a little easier, but it's still too early to hail the return of a bull market, according to George Lucas, managing director with boutique funds manager Instreet Investment. However, he wouldn't be surprised if another cut in official ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... off policy adjustments if rhetoric can help get the economy moving again, according to Instreet managing director George Lucas. Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised the market by holding off on its decision to cut interest rates, citing ...

Instreet launches alternative

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... the basket value. It also offers known downside risk with losses limited to the initial investment amount," said George Lucas managing director of Instreet. "With a relatively small one-off payment providing larger exposure, investors can add an allocation ...

Structured products right for the risk-aware

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... upturns, while protecting the portfolio as a whole. This is despite the declining appetite for structured products, said George Lucas, managing director, Instreet. "It's not hard to understand why the inflows have fallen; investors are risk averse and ...

Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... a three-year period. The Instreet Series Link 48A is a leveraged product designed to perform in subdued markets. George Lucas managing director at Instreet said it provides a three-year exposure to Barclays ComBATS VOLT 5.0% Excess Return Index. "What ...