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The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... the stock averages, on average, perform the poorest. Since 1970, the S&P 500 has fallen by 0.7%, the Dow by 1.1% and the Nasdaq (since 1971) by 1.0% -- on average - during Septembers. Blame the European Central Bank (ECB) for setting the negative tone ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... economies, something strange in our neighbourhood happened... Wall Street produced a trifecta. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all closed at record highs on the 11th of August - a feat not seen since New Year's Eve 1999. Never mind the comparison ...

Lazard chief steps down after 15 years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... numerous roles in financial services for nearly 30 years, having entered the industry as a market surveillance analyst at NASDAQ in 1987. He was also director, head of international equities at State Super Financial Services (now StatePlus) and head ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... Synergy is being touted as one that will help transform the industry in Australia. The firm announced a partnership with NASDAQ-listed software company OpenText yesterday with plans to increase predictive intelligence in the widely-used Acurity platform. ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... accommodative"; "normalizing interest rates is likely to proceed gradually". What's there to unlike? The S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite index jumped by 1.5% and the Dow climbed by 1.3%. And the VIX index? It dropped by 14.8% to a reading of 17.86 ...

PM Capital fund receives Zenith rating

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... inception in 2008 through a highly selective approach to investing in Asian businesses," he added. The portfolio includes NASDAQ-listed HR Chinese business 51job, ASX-listed gaming business Donaco, NYSE-listed online employment platform Zhaopin, NASDAQ-listed ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... support you require at all times," Rayson said. One recent addition to the ASX suite of ETF products is the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ), which provides investors exposure to the top 100 companies listed on the NASDAQ stock market. The ETF invests ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... for equity markets since the September quarter of 2011. The S&P 500 lost 6.9% in the third quarter; the Dow, 7.6%; the Nasdaq, 7.4% and the Russell 2000, 12.2%. Data released last week - the ones that directly related to the Fed's twin mandate of stable ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... wasn't particularly impressed. Yay - the S&P 500 closed 0.7% higher the day after. Ho-hum - the Dow's down 0.1%. Boo - the Nasdaq's down 1.0%. What gives? What gives is that just as earlier this year, the Fed has left its "promised" lift-off with an ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... the much-awaited and much speculated 16-17 September FOMC meeting. The S&P 500 index declined by 1.6%; the Dow by 1.7%; Nasdaq by 1.4%; the Russell 2000 by 1.5%. This is hardly surprising Virginia, the Fed was damned that it's going to do lift interest ...