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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Australian shares are weaker as uncertainty about US stimulus measures hit Wall Street and local resource stocks. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the local market opened 0.85 per cent weaker, following a 1.47 per cent slide on the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... 0.1 per cent, to 5,152.4. The broader All Ordinaries index lost 4.3 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 5,136.7. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled after Dow components Cisco and Walmart spotlighted the weak economic outlook in their earnings reports. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... cent, to 5157.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index SHED 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 5141 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower after anaemic inflation data and a disappointing earnings report from Macy's suggested economic weakness. The ...

PM Capital boosted by beer and Las Vegas property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... taking a longer-term view than other fund managers had led to other benefits. "Because we're contrarian and in beaten-up stocks, we get great management access. We don't care about short-term earnings and communicate closely with management teams about ...

Mason Stevens adds Perpetual portfolio to SMA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... manages the Perpetual Industrial Share Fund, takes a high-conviction, bottom-up approach. Typically holding between 10 and 25 stocks, the Portfolio has returned 11.8% per annum since its inception in 2008. In the last 12 months it has returned 37.8%. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... per cent, at 5,157.7. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 47.5 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 5,141.6. NEW YORK - US stocks closed in positive territory as corporate raider Carl Icahn revealed a large stake in Apple, sending the technology titan 4.8 ...

Can cheap, high quality stocks can still be found?

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... shareholder-friendly management with highly cash generative businesses." While Marx was restricted from talking about specific stocks, he said the portfolio was comprised of around 75 companies in sectors including software manufacturers, pharmaceutical ...

Onto the next worry: Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... Monday rose by more than one per cent as renewed optimism about China's economy prompted investors to pile into resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 53.5 points, or 1.06 per cent, at 5,108.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Yield obsession just a short-term fad

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
The current mania for yield stocks is nothing more than another short-term market theme, according to T. Rowe Price head of Australian equities Randal Jenneke, who believes long-term share market returns are driven by 'quality' not 'yield'. The share ...