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Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Traditional wisdom leads many investors to avoid airlines. But some of the airline industry's top executives explained at an investment seminar on Monday how owning aeroplanes can be very profitable. Fund executives from Investec's Global Aircraft Fund ...

Janus sifts through sectors for EM value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Investing by sector and not by region is the right way to approach the emerging markets, where easy returns are a thing of the past, according to Janus Capital. Wahid Pierre Chammas, co-portfolio manager of the Janus emerging market strategy, said that ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
So is this the one that ultimately takes the grin off Wall Street's face? According to theage.com.au, " US stocks dropped on Tuesday on worries falling oil prices could set off a reversal in the high-flying energy sector..." It even quoted a certain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... on Friday to their highest levels in more than two years as the market was driven by simmering political tensions in the Arab world and concerns over elections in Nigeria. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in May rose as high as $US125.79 a barrel in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... claims and factory orders also weighed on the market. The first-quarter gains were anything but an easy ride. Uprisings in the Arab world, a jump in oil prices along with the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan led to many deep one-day falls. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... rebound. Dealers said that after recent heavy losses it is possible the markets have priced in the worst - more unrest in the Arab world pushing up oil prices and the huge reconstruction cost after Japan's earthquake. The fall of the Portuguese government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... to cash in while tensions in North Africa and the Middle East - with Libya hit by UN-back airstrikes and uprisings in the Arab world - weighed on sentiment. Meanwhile, Chinese shares closed higher, with property developers leading the gains amid hopes ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Blink and you would have missed it. Financial markets are back in forward gear once more. They have been over the past three trading days inspite of the severe calamities and geo-political tensions that came their way not even a full three months into ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Monday in "cautious" trading, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. Performances from major resources and banking stocks were mixed. At ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is set for a nervous start on Monday, after the US and a coalition of forces launched air strikes on Libya over the weekend. At 0731 AEDT, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 4,629 points, with 5,745 ...