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Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... currently in the range of 5 to 6 per cent - roughly twice what is on offer domestically and three times the 10 year US treasury yield. Meanwhile, the combination of a rising Aussie dollar and a soft US housing market means that from an Australian perspective ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
There is really nothing much to report today. Wall Street rose... a bit. The US dollar depreciated... more than a bit. There were positive reports out overnight. The third quarter reporting season is good. More than 86 per cent of companies in the S&P ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with a bias towards those ...

Be wary of lowball offer: AUI

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... their financial planner or to call the AUI investor services team. "The Trust is currently providing a steady monthly income yield of 5.5 per cent per annum (retail) and 6.05 per cent (wholesale) at 30 September 2010. In addition, the monthly withdrawal ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, led by resource companies as investors seek higher yielding assets such as equities and the Australian dollar. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 69.1 points higher, or 1.50 per cent, at ...

Good vintage yields strong returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010

Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
It was another ho-hum day on Wall Street last night. Nothing much was expected, nothing much transpired. US stocks ended flat in light trading activity as the bond market and government offices closed in celebration of the day Christopher Columbus came ...

Vanguard launches property ETF

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... committed to providing investors low cost building blocks for portfolio construction. VAP represents a new way to purchase a yield-oriented diversifier that we have successfully offered in traditional managed fund form for many years," said Joseph Brennan ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... yields in other markets, notably the US, at record lows. "Our bond market although it has rallied somewhat, is still at yield levels that are consistent with trend growth for Australia, so the concern about a major sell-off in Australia is lower," he ...

Researchers cast eyes on ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... Partners has formally launched an ETF business, and issued a "recommended" rating on the Russell Investments High Dividend Yield ETF (RVD), which began trading on the ASX in May. "The Russell fund review is to be followed by the release of other ETF ...