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ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... "all economic indicators are ticking up and beating expectations. In Ireland, unemployment is at 10%, but the 10 year bond yield is at around 1.7%, which shows investors' confidence in the country's ability to pay its debt. Yields for Spain and Italy ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... in the equity market when there isn't. There are a lot of stocks where people say, 'they must be cheap because the bond yield is next to nothing and the stock is yielding 3%," and that is not a valuation argument." "Investors have a clear choice here ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
A recent rise in bond yields across Europe, America and Australia is nothing but a blip on the radar according to Altair Asset Management chief economist, Stephen Roberts. In his latest economic insights column, Roberts said the risk of recession in ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
The Australian share market looks set to open higher after a strong lead from the US stock market. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,526. Wall Street rose more than one per cent as technology ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
The Australian share market was flat at noon, giving investors some hope of a breather after six consecutive days of losses. Traders might have come to a consensus that prices had fallen far enough and would wait for further developments before committing ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat following an anemic lead from the US. At 0644 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,465. Wall Street stocks finished little-changed as a the General Electric ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,477. US stocks were lower, led by large declines in technology ...

Retirees urged to add stocks

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
A recent Milliman paper suggests there is credence to applying an equities strategy when looking to reduce inflation risk during retirement. Looking purely at the S&P 500 Index, the Milliman paper says dividend yield per share over the last decade has ...

Instos demanding multi-asset alternative strategies

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... returns in a low growth world. "The average global cash rate has fallen from 4.5% in 2007 to 0.5% today and the 10 year bond yield from 4.5% to 1.5%," said Perpetual's head of investment strategy, multi assets, Matt Sherwood. "In this environment investors ...

Western unconstrained strategy wins first mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
One of Western Asset Management's unconstrained strategies has won its first mandate from a large institutional investor in Australia. Western client service and marketing executive Michael Dale did not give more details about who the investor was or ...