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'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz bankrupt in ASIC crackdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... via Instagram, suggesting he owned shares or viewed them as good investments, likely swaying his audience to buy these stocks. Scholz also conducted seminars on ASX trading strategies, charging attendees $500 and delivered via Zoom or face-to-face at ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... that are more favourable for active managers and 2023 was not one of them, pointing to the effects of dispersion. When stocks tend to move together driven by the same macro drivers such as monetary policy or pandemic, it is difficult to pick the companies ...

Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... report analysed 22 global pension markets and found Australia's high dependency on the equity markets, allocating 51% to stocks, which is above the average of the top seven countries of 42%. The US pension market has some 46% invested in equities, while ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... time. However, playing along with master of ceremonies Angela Jackson, Stammer pinpointed large and emerging US technology stocks as his Factor-X for 2024 - just as it was in 2023. "I do think it'll be the further growth of US technology stocks. I think ...

VanEck failed to disclose influencer's role in ETF launch: SEC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... Sentiment ETF (NYSE: BUZZ). The ETF tracks the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index, which comprises the 75 large cap US stocks with "the highest degree of positive investor sentiment bullish perception based on content aggregated from online sources ...

Online investor participation declines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... novice or advanced beginners. Delving into their investment choices, 30% have most recently allocated funds to small-cap stocks, primarily influenced by the goal of reaching a savings target. Moreover, the median time for making investment decisions ...

BlackRock iShares adds to factor ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... and can potentially outperform during periods of economic expansion," she explained. "IQLT and IHQL aim to capture global stocks with capital growth potential even during periods of economic slowdown while IVLU and IVHG can offer portfolio resilience ...

REITs primed for investor cash amid uncertainty

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... multiple years," Rush said. "This should buffer against sharp revenue declines, drawing investors to these long duration stocks as interest rates peak on more visible signs of an economic slowdown." Rush said that companies that are more sensitive to ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... five companies. Out of the sample, the $100 billion Hostplus is the only fund that does not invest in any of the defence stocks. Elbit has been awarded a series of contracts from the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) which it said was "an aggregate amount ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... Government Pension Fund Global raked in a return of $322 billion for the year, largely driven by investments in AI-related stocks. Equities returned 21% for the fund, with the biggest contribution coming from technology companies like Microsoft, Apple ...