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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... Monday after a healthy US jobs report last week. Investor sentiment was also boosted by China's decision to cut interest rates for the third time in six months. Shanghai jumped 3.04 per cent, or 127.66 points, to 4,333.58 and Hong Kong added 0.51 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... figures, while solid, were viewed by the market as not being strong enough for the US Federal Reserve to begin raising interest rates next year. The benchmark FTSE 100 index jumped 2.32 per cent to close at 7,046.82 points, lifted by soaring share price ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... finance minister. Madrid stocks ended the day with modest gains of 0.15 per cent, after Spain enjoyed negative interest rates on its medium-term debt for the first time since a crippling economic crisis. British voters went to the polls Thursday to decide ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Low, chief economist at FTN Financial, said Yellen's remarks suggested she is "pretty eager" to raise ultra-low interest rates despite some disappointing economic data. "She seems to be hinting that they're going to have to raise rates one way or the ...

Falling cash rate puts gold in 'sweet spot'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... demand for physical gold has jumped on the back of data that shows returns have exceeded 20% per annum when real interest rates have fallen below 2%. "Low interest rate environments like the one Australia is experiencing are typically the sweet spot ...

Aurora appoints portfolio manager from Philo

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Aurora Property Buy-Write Income Trust. "Valuations in global equity markets are looking stretched and prevailing interest rates provide insufficient income to satisfy the requirements of most investors," Dive said. "Aurora's Dividend Income Trust and ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... fooled by the RBA announcing no change in policy on 7 April. For sure and for 100% certain now, the RBA will cut interest rates at the next one - on the fifth of the fifth month of 2015. The release of higher-than-expected March quarter core inflation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... two of them. The big banks are also firmer after a media report suggested the Reserve Bank was now likely to cut interest rates at its May meeting on Tuesday next week, which also boosted financial market pricing for some monetary policy easing. "Again ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... weighting in its Global Equity Strategy from 10% to 15% in a bid to hedge the portfolio from an impending rise in US interest rates. Douglass argued that there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the US monetary policy will head over the next three ...

Young investors happier with advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... survey. During this time investors have seen high returns on their equity and real estate investments although lower interest rates have impacted the fixed income markets severely. "As global equity markets rise and yields decrease, advisers need to ...