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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... gains in the past two days, has pushed it to its highest level since mid-2008. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said local stocks were taking their lead from US markets, where investors had taken advantage of a slide in prices over the past week. Mr ...

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... the rest of the world." Carnegie specialises in bottom-up, benchmark unaware, active management. It holds no more than 30 stocks at a time, preferring large to mega cap companies for liquidity purposes. It is currently invested in companies such as Samsung ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... 5,294.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 18.1 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 5,288.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose for the first time in six days after some encouraging jobs and housing market data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... 5,275.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries index gained 40.6 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 5,270.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended a volatile day lower as investors remained cautious over the lack of progress in Washington budget talks. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... per cent, at 5,234.2. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 16.3 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 5,229.5. NEW YORK - US stocks ended an up-and-down day mostly lower, as investors watched a Washington budget debate as the deadline for funding the government ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... weaker after a US Federal Reserve official said tapering of economic stimulus could begin in October. Resources and energy stocks were the worst performers on the market. St Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments weighed on investor sentiment ...

December taper, pants on fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... Australia, the market on Tuesday was almost unchanged as strength in the banking sector outweighed weakness among resources stocks. Cautious investors are biding their time ahead of the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting and an expected ...

Retirees see silver lining of slowing mining boom

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... returning capital to investors by increased dividends," he said. "Investors didn't get a lot of dividend out of resource stocks over the last five years, but I think they'll get a lot more in the next five years." One resources company already paying ...

SMSFs missing out on overseas performance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013