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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... cent to 4,950.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries finished 0.46 per cent lower at 4,944.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have rallied strongly as investors took Monday's market rout as a buying opportunity. At the closing bell on Tuesday, the Dow ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... cent lower at 4,966.8 points. NEW YORK - Deadly explosions in Boston and disappointing China economic growth rocked US stocks on Monday, sending the broad-market S&P 500 down more than 2.0 per cent. Amid sharp sell-offs in commodities such as oil and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Australian stocks were lower at noon, driven down by resources stocks and falls in commodity prices. The big miners weigh heavily on the ASX and were leading the broader market lower after gold prices were particularly hit hard in offshore trading after ...

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... in real terms," he said. Van Eyk Senior Asset Consultant Fil Andronaco noted that many portfolios had a bias to "quality stocks", because advisers wanted to minimise risk in their equity portfolios. However, as quality stocks had performed so well and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... cent to 5,013.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries finished 0.11 per cent higher at 5,016.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower after two record-setting days, with sentiment dulled by poor US retail sales figures for March and more prospects ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... rose 0.79 per cent to 5,007.1, while the broader All Ordinaries finished 0.74 per cent higher at 5,010.3. NEW YORK - US stocks pushed to new highs after a government report pointed to lower-than-expected jobless claims. At the closing bell on Thursday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open stronger after US stocks powered to record highs. At 0754 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was 38 points higher at 5,002 points, with 3,250 contracts traded. In economic news on Thursday ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... cents. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the local market had opened fairly calmly, with resources stocks lifting and the major banks falling. "It looks like developments over the last week are now causing investors to move into ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... sustainable returns over the long-term. He said the approach has been particularly effective during the GFC. "Many high yield stocks performed poorly during this period. Our bottom up stock selection process enabled us to avoid many of these stocks and ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... headlines told us last week, Virginia? "Global shares, oil fall sharply on U.S. growth concern," printed Reuters. "U.S. Stocks Fall as Energy, Financials Tumble on Economy," says Bloomberg. "Stocks slide on North Korea fears, Fed comments," was CNN Money's ...