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Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... the other hand, if the market rises by 10%, the fund will fall by around 20%. It's also very popular with the short term traders with the monthly traded value often being five times the net flow. In international equities Magellan Global Equities (MGE) ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... Paul Rayson said. This trend is backed up by a recent Investment Trends report stating that more than 20% of Australian traders plan on increasing their exposure on international equities, a significant rise from less than 5% in 2011. "We've seen our ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... year, and one of the lowest net inflows: "One expects traded value to be higher in months where markets are volatile as traders use the ETFs to alter their asset allocations," the report said. This can be explained because "as ETFs can make money both ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... uncertainty - odds evenly balanced - would continue right through the other side of the New Year. As per Bloomberg, "Futures traders are pricing in a 21% probability the central bank increases it target range in October as of about 3pm. in New York ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... headline reverses the up into a down - Australian consumer and business confidence are due out today (take note). This, or traders just decide to sell on the upswing. Nah, I'm not turning into the clawed, furry animal... merely pointing out the difficulty ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... lift-off. Of course not for it didn't fit the narrative du jour. At the close of last week's trading, that narrative changed. "Traders are pricing in a 38 per cent probability that the Fed raises rates at its September meeting, based on the assumption ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... James, managing director for equity trading at Wedbush Securities. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed higher as traders reacted to a batch of strong company earnings updates ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement. London's benchmark ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... cent, to 5,171.77. Apple reported a 38 per cent jump in net income for the quarter ending June 27 to $US10.7 billion, but traders focused on a revenue forecast that fell shy of expectations and commentary from some analysts that the 47.5 million iPhones ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
The distinction between active and passive investment management and indexing isn't as clear cut as many investors might think it is. Operating an active investment strategy is often associated with portfolio managers making regular trades to tactically ...

Australia stocks tumble on commodity falls

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... falling commodity prices, such as iron ore, were a major contributor to anxiety on the Australian market on Thursday. "Traders are waiting for direction from what happens in China today, while there's also interest in unemployment figures to be announced" ...