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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... announcement about two possible takeover bids. The local market closed firmer on Tuesday due to strength among financial stocks. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 19 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4,985.5. NEW YORK - US ...

SelfWealth provides socially responsible portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... what works into their own investments. The community will have access to Infinitas Socially Responsible Portfolio, with stocks screened according to their socially responsible credentials and focused on long term growth. The Infinitas Women's Investment ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened down about 0.4 per cent, with the big retail banks and energy sector leading the broader market lower. Despite the weak start on the local market, Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said investors were taking ...

Earnings growth key to equity returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... companies taking advantage of the secular shift in traditional retail and advertising dollars to online," he explained. "These stocks represent 26% of our portfolio versus the market's 0.5% and they haven't disappointed, producing profit growth in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... 4,967.3 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up four points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,980.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have closed firmly higher amid hopes that the Cyprus banking crisis will be resolved this weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... with good records can generate returns over and above the tax cost. "Cap-weighted indices are backward looking and contain stocks that anyone with half a brain wouldn't go anywhere near. That creates a serious drag on portfolios," he said. On whichever ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with a recovery among the big miners leading the broader market higher. Local investors took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street, where the Dow climbed 0.77 per cent. Among the major miners, BHP was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... 4,967.3 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up four points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,980.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have closed firmly higher amid hopes that the Cyprus banking crisis will be resolved this weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... are for this bailout and what it might mean for other periphery nations going forward." In the United States on Monday, stocks fell after a top European finance official suggested the Cyprus bailout framework could serve as a template for other European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... 4,967.3 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up four points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,980.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have closed firmly higher amid hopes that the Cyprus banking crisis will be resolved this weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial ...