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Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... Asset Management (TAAM), Dr. Faber said that the Federal Reserve's policy in the past decade only added to the market volatility. By keeping rates artificially low and pumping money into the system, equities, markets and economies will face "unintended ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... the switch from the low return to the high return, the other aspect is that they are now running the risk of annual volatility that may not be appropriate for their needs," he said. "With the "cash" option, their money will last until they are 80 but ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... name is gold. Now that the tempest has seemingly passed - economic indicators have stabilised and financial market volatility has eased - gold's attraction appears to have also waned. From the time economic green shoots were first spotted early this ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... group, ING Investment Management. CrA(C)dit Agricole achieves alpha by utilising longer dated options to extract implied volatility. INGIM is an active enhanced cash investment manager, combining the analysis of economic fundamentals, market psychology ...

Super still a great investment despite impact of GFC: Bowen

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... inflation," Bowen explained. "The long-term nature of superannuation allows superannuation fund trustees to manage market volatility over time through a progressive rebalancing of their investment strategies in response to market conditions," he said. ...

Positive surprise beats Meredith's surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... recovered in positive territory. But nerves will continue to be tested primarily from aftershocks from lagging indicators. Volatility will continue to reign with short-term market movements dictated by the actual reported company earnings outcomes relative ...

US fundie expands into Japanese pensions

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... The firm is known for its mathematical investment process that revolves around combining stocks with high relative volatility, but together, are lowly correlated. INTECH already provide the INTECH Global Core Strategy to Japanese pension funds through ...

Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Volatility is not just a market barometer of investor sentiment, it is an emerging asset class too, said a fund manager that has amassed $5.8 billion on volatility strategies since 1999. French fund management giant Credit Agricole Asset Management ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... stocks (and the Aussie dollar at one point) practically went on freefall. "We generated positive returns by managing the volatility well, particularly through last year where we understood from previous experience the impact of a housing bubble bursting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... numbers were worse than expected, but in the scheme of things what you get at the bottom of the market is a lot of volatility," Mr Morrow said. At 1203 AEST, shares in global miner BHP Billiton were down one dollar to $33.30 while other miners also were ...