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Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... markets, several world wide sentiment surveys show that investor remain surprisingly upbeat. The quarterly ING Investor Sentiment Index shows that confidence level among Asian investors has dropped in the fourth quarter of 2007 but overall sentiment ...

US titans fall, Australia will rise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... and nothing that's happened in the last three months has caused us to change the way we do things," he said. Investor sentiment however, has certainly switched towards safer waters as many shun risky investment products. "A lot of cash is being held ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... more immediate challenge, according to Qian Qimin, Shanghai-based analyst at Shenyin & Wanguo Securities is investor sentiment. He says after two years of unprecedented stock gains, many of China's investors may start locking-in their profits in fear ...

Perpetual FUM falls by $700m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... Perpetual Limited takes a $700 million hit in its funds under management (FUM) in December due to dampened investor sentiment. Perpetual announced that its FUM at the end of last year totalled $37.2 billion - 1.9 per cent lower than the $37.9 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... index lost 91.06 points to 5,432.57 points. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell as the strong yen dampened investor sentiment amid a lack of factors driving up the market. The Nikkei declined 112.05 points to 15,042.56. HONG KONG - Stocks fell for a ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Investor sentiment across developing countries in Asia remains buoyant, and higher than in more established and sophisticated markets, according to an ING study. The ING Investment Sentiment Tracking Study surveyed 1,308 'mass affluent' investors in ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... Chatterton said the market was trading more conservatively than its US counterpart, with interest rates subduing investor sentiment. In the US, stocks rose for a third successive session. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 153.56 points to end ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... Nokia. But bank shares were hit by concerns about fallout from US subprime mortgage woes, adding fuel to bearish investor sentiment. The Nikkei ended the day down 0.03 per cent or 4.25 points at 16,979.86, losing 303.95 points over the week. HONG KONG ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... weaker commodity prices, no lead from Wall St and a lack of company news on the local market, were dampening investor sentiment. "When you look at commodity prices over the last few months, copper and nickel haven't been doing anything spectacular. It's ...

LPTs expand as sentiment dips

... sector was 5.7 per cent compared with the 10-year Government bond yield of 6.26 per cent. But against the weaker investor sentiment, UBS estimated that the total real estate mergers and acquisitions activity rose to a record $26.4 billion in the calendar ...