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HSBC launches new retail equity product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... "We look at the mix largely from a valuation perspective where recent volatility has seen earnings in all these indices above their historical average."

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... client adviser Stuart Smith said. "There's also more concerns about funding for our banks after (Commonwealth Bank) paid above the odds for their covered bonds and the confidence index wasn't all that whoopy." At 1201 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark ...

NTEU wants changes at UniSuper trustee company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... funds across the whole superannuation industry with assets of $30 billion, investment returns which have consistently been above the average of industry and retail funds, a good diversity of investment and superannuation product options, and very low ...

In superannuation, bigger can be better but not always

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... don't automatically out-perform small ones they are more likely to. "This means bigger funds are more likely to achieve above average investment returns, which is what you would expect given the extra resources available to them," said Alex Dunnin ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... seesaws along with the indices. "Stocks higher on surging oil price" headline Reuters at 0547 hours when the Dow was trading above zero. Because "higher oil prices lifted energy shares" but it's scratching it's head why the price of a barrel of oil by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Financial stocks rose the most over the week as worries eased about Europe. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose back above 2 per cent as investors shed low-risk investments. All 17 nations that use the euro agreed to sign a treaty that allows ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... earlier. But, haven't the markets been telling them that they needed it yesterday? EFSF/ESM ceiling reassessment. Same as above - it should have been done yesterday. Additional resources for the IMF. This one I couldn't understand. Didn't the ECB already ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... a main factor that lowered the jobless rate. The economy created a net 120,000 jobs, close to forecasts and 20 per cent above October. Banks continued to profit from hopes that Europe is getting a grip on the crisis. Bank of America added two per cent ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... global economy that's suffering in the wake of European debt crisis. LONDON - European shares rocketed and the euro has leapt above $US1.35 ($A1.35) as leading central banks pumped liquidity into the financial system to prevent a second credit crunch ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... over Wall Street's minute increase last night... nor Europe's. Mother would just write back and say, "so what"? Movements above or below 2% in the current environment are now considered indecisive trades. Make no mistake, you'll be reading gloomy headlines ...