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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... watch would be the big four banks and Telstra, which collectively make up around half of the market and are popular with yield-hungry investors. The Commonwealth Bank shed 18 cents in early trade to $76.02, while National Australia Bank lost 13 cents ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
BlackRock has opened its Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund (FIGO) to Australian investors. FIGO is a flexible global multi-sector fixed income strategy that seeks to achieve a positive total return. While the fund is not tied to a benchmark, it ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
The share market has improved from a weak start but remains lower due to price falls for the big banks and supermarket giants. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said high yielding stocks were being sold by investors. "The banks particularly continue to ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... to go, the S&P 500 is down 1.0%; the Dow's up 0.1% and 1.5%. But the real action is in the bond market. The rise in the yield on US tenners Friday might have less to do with America's stronger June quarter growth report and its implications for interest ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... attention on income assets. Low economic growth (and the resultant record low interest rates) has put traditional sources of yield under pressure. While saving for a first home deposit, wedding or family holiday used to be as simple as making regular ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... range, the CBA deal should have been around 400bps over (or 6.6%pa).A If the Australian hybrids corrected to that sort of yield, their price would fall to $95-96." Swanger said the re-rating would affect the new generation of "equity hybrids" or "CoCos" ...

BetaShares launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
BetaShares has launched a new US equity income focused exchange traded fund (ETF). The BetaShares S&P 500 Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund) will trade under the ASX code UMAX and aims to provide investors with exposure to S&P 500 companies, while ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The answers to our niggling questions - we got most of 'em last week. Like a well-scripted slasher thriller, we've got the thrills, the spills, chilling suspense and then at the end of the day... the good guy gets the girl and walks. Financial markets ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... bonds if they think that inflation, as the BOJ predicts, would be around "1A1/4 percent for some time". Do the maths, 0.56% yield less inflation of 1.25% equals... a recipe to turn your billions into millions. A look at the latest Japanese indicators ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors offload mining and bank stocks. The market began Thursday morning higher only to drop due to ongoing concerns about China's economy and the falling Australian dollar, CMC Markets chief market analyst ...