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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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 8.3 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 5,038.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower despite strong Chinese economic data, finishing a sluggish trading week on a down note. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... cents to $17.90 after chief executive Kim Williams announced his resignation after just 20 months in the job. Meanwhile, US stocks snapped a three-day losing streak, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 0.17 per cent as the broad-based S&P 500 ...

Zurich fund now on major platforms

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... for a growth manager that is important." At the end of June the Fund's biggest overweight was to consumer discretionary stocks with Home Depot performing particularly strongly. Zurich investment specialist James Holt said the share price had more than ...

Run China run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... 5,064.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ADDED 50.5 points, or 1.01 per cent, to 5,047.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks snapped a three-day losing streak, catalysed by stronger Chinese trade data and better sentiment on the European economy. ...

The "ber" months are coming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013