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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... traded. "It looks like a nice steady day," Burrell Stockbroking director Richard Herring said. The market opened higher after stocks in the United States posted strong gains on reports of surprisingly robust new home sales and consumer confidence. Locally ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... at 5,003.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 50.9 points, or 1.0 per cent, to 5,021.8 points. US stocks closed decisively higher after strong reports on consumer confidence and the housing market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Perpetual shares comeback

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... management sector - is linked in to investment markets, which have improved in line with its share price, he said. With stocks such as Perpetual's, "you want to buy during a bear market and sell them during a bull market," Whitehouse explained. "If there ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... who use a passive approach are essentially guaranteeing below-benchmark performance. The quant model works by grouping stocks not by sector, as fund managers traditionally distinguish types of company, but by other fundamental defining qualities such ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... at 5,055.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had lifted 36 points, or 0.71 per cent, to 5,072.7 points. US stocks have fallen sharply amid concerns that the Italian election could lead to instability in the eurozone. Equities had opened ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened higher as investors continue to chase high yielding stocks. At 1028 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 19.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, at 5,037.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Aussie stocks best value for 25 years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... In Australia, fear of the global economic outlook and the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe, has seen a move to defensive stocks such as consumer staples, healthcare, IT, utilities and property. The herd mentality has seen valuations of these stocks driven ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... 5,018.1 points on Friday, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 38.1 points, or 0.76 per cent, to 5,036.7 points. US stocks closed higher on Friday on renewed confidence that the US Federal Reserve stimulus program will continue. Stocks also got ...

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... instant exposure to a given index, such as the ASX, by holding the appropriate size weighting of each of the constituent stocks, smart beta products weight their portfolios according to other factors such as dividend yield or buy broker recommendations. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... cent, to 4,980.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index slid 115.8 points, or 2.26 per cent, to 4,998.6 points. US stocks have closed lower after several economic indicators raised doubts about the strength of the recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial ...