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Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... the Ukraine. At least, the headlines look like they got it right this time: "Wall St dips on Ukraine..." (Reuters); "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Ukraine Tensions Overshadow Jobs" (Bloomberg). Well sort of. This is because the US employment report remains ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... conference at the University of WA. In Australia, the market on Wednesday had a flat session as investors supported mining stocks, offsetting falls among high yielding financial stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.5 points, or 0.05 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... at 5,486.6 points. The broader All Ordinaries index fell 49.2 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 5,466.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished higher after mixed economic data and corporate earnings as a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting got ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... exchanges, 7.3 percent above the three-month average" (Bloomberg). Reports say those who rotated out of 'momo' (momentum) stocks are rotating back in, and overnight reports out of America helped too - bringing back the "good news is good, bad news is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... at $35.02, but Westpac was three cents lower at $35.83 and National Australia Bank had fallen 16 cents to $35.83. Mining stocks are under pressure after commodity prices fell, including base metals, iron ore and gold. BHP Billiton had fallen 19.5 cents ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... in the face of overseas falls the previous session, to close marginally higher, due to support for high yielding local stocks. It was the seventh straight session to finish in positive territory. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.1 points, or 0.09 ...

Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... exploiting the "low-volatility anomaly", or the tendency-as shown by studies in many markets-for portfolios of low-volatility stocks to produce higher risk-adjusted returns over time than portfolios of high-volatility stocks. This can offset low-volatility ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Shamu said. "Heightening Ukraine-Russia tensions remain a concern, which is limiting any upside for most of the cyclical stocks," he said. "Most of the resource names are trading lower, including BHP and Rio, but gold stocks are doing OK because gold ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Australian market is set to begin the week with a fall after weakness in technology stocks caused a drop on Wall Street at the end of last week. At 0656 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,507. In ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Capital Management (CCM), an independent money management firm - warns that "credit markets are saying be careful with stocks". Ciovacco argues that increased M&A activity "has weakened balance sheets and thus, increased credit risks" and that the credit ...