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Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... buy a diversified portfolio of shares in a single trade - taking out some of the risk associated with choosing individual stocks." Miller added that falling rates mean it will be increasingly difficult for investors to derive income from government bonds ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... highly integrated portfolios across regions and sectors. "Markets across the globe are increasingly correlated, and many stocks within those markets are highly correlated as well. Investors need to know how they should optimally fit these stocks and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
The Australian share market has opened flat as banking stocks slipped ahead of a Reserve Bank decision on interest rates. Economists are widely expecting the cash rate to stay unchanged at three per cent when the central bank meets on Tuesday afternoon. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... US economic data, in sharp contrast to Friday when a strong April jobs report drove major gains in the leading indices. Stocks also got an upward boost from fresh comments by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who said the ECB could take additional ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than one per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. Official US Labor Department data showed the US economy added 165,000 jobs ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... wealthiest man in the world with an estimated fortune of US$53.5 billion, also warned amateurs about the pitfalls of buying stocks. The main problem for most people, he said, is "trying to behave like a professional when you aren't spending the time ...

Apostle Dundas Global Equity wins van Eyk mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Global Equity Fund on the basis of its sustainable dividend yield characteristics and the level of rigour in its analysis of stocks.

Chi-X opens to all Australian listed stocks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Alternative trading operator Chi-X has extended its universe of stocks and investors can now trade on all Australian listed stocks through its platform. Chi-X recently-appointed chief executive John Fildes told Financial Standard that the operator has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... 5,191.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 60.3 points, or 1.18 per cent, to 5,168.6 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have risen amid solid data on housing and consumer confidence and as reports of a $US17 billion ($A16.51 billion) Apple ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Australian stocks have opened higher as market players cheered strong results from Westpac and Macquarie. Westpac posted an 11 per cent lift in first half net profit to $3.304 billion and announced a special dividend of 10 cents per share for shareholders ...