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Zenith review yields top 35 funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... said Smythe. He said the firm's recommended list of large cap company funds recorded more than 4 per cent excess return above the S&P/ASX Accumulation Index over the past year. "In Zenith's opinion now is not the time to be abandoning active management ...

S&P puts 12 CFS funds 'on hold'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... transferring across to the CFS's large-cap team. S&P Fund Services analyst James Gunn nonetheless said, "CFS maintains an above average level of resourcing in small-caps, and there's a good deal of experience with incumbent senior analysts Tim Canham ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... economic contraction is easing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39.51 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 8,017.59, closing above the 8,000 level for the first time since February 9. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 19.24 points, 1.2 per cent, to ...

Westpac account promotion misleading

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009

Sentiment tips back to Aussie shares

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... according to research from Russell Investments that found 60 per cent of managers expect the S&P/ASX200 to end the year above 3500 points, suggesting they expect no further sustained falls. Russell Investments recently surveyed 40 leading Australian ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... 1987 and the Asian financial crisis in 1997/98 but overall remained within the US$400 an ounce mark. Last night, it closed above US$960 and ounce and looks poised to test the all-time high of US$1,011.6 reached in March 2008. The current global financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Nikkei average ended up 23.04 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 7,972.17, its highest close since February 6, after earlier rising above the 8,000 mark. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 239.08, or 1.86 per cent, to 13,117.17 points. WELLINGTON ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... for GE, the oldest member of the Dow Jones industrials. GE stock jumped more than ten per cent, helping drive the Dow back above the 7,000 mark. Shortly before close, the Dow Jones industrial average had risen 208.99, or 3.02 per cent, to 7,139.39. The ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... fruit or working on farms will qualify automatically for a second year's visa.' It added, 'With unemployment hovering just above 5%, these trends have worried the central bank because of inflationary pressures stoked by higher wage demands.' In March ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... from its clients regarding their exposure to US equities. Yesterday, the Dow Jones index dropped almost 300 points to close above 6,700. "The economic conditions are going to be poor, the earnings positions is particularly poor in the US at the moment. ...