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The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... sub-prime calamity really another savings and loan crisis in the making, or just market noise? Consensus is that the volatility is more rollercoaster than bear-trend, and as such markets are quite capable of recovering just a quickly. Markets seem to ...

Concepts in risk 101

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... dominated by the US sub-prime fallout, but has the market lost its Mojo or is this interest rate and currency market volatility just a rollercoaster ride? Equity markets ended largely unchanged from where they started last week, hit hard as the concept ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... Australian share market continued its recovery this morning, after US equities rallied overnight, but experts say more volatility is to come. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had shot up 35.2 points to 6047 while the All Ordinaries increased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... - New Zealand followed regional sharemarkets lower today, reversing a positive start to the session and reflecting volatility on markets. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 20.19 points, or 0.5 per cent, at a nearly three-month low of 4138.20, on ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... adamant that inflation is "well within" the Reserve Banks' 2-3 per cent target. The IMF also warns that risks and market volatility have also increased due to deterioration in credit quality across some sectors. This credit crunch is already evident ...

A smoking gun for the RBA

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... reflecting strong economic growth and near full employment, however, wild swings in food and petrol prices have added some volatility to the headline data. However, underlying inflation, which is stripped of the more volatile price indicators, has been ...

Maxim throws weight on unlisted property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... underlying assets." By investing more than half the portfolio in Australian unlisted property, the company hopes to reduce volatility, while the remaining 40 per cent in listed property and cash/fixed income is designed to give an adequate level of liquidity. ...

More money on money

... across active and passive strategies. Loong said currency risks can be managed three ways. Passive management can reduce volatility, allowing the fund manager to allocate the "risk savings" elsewhere in the portfolio. The currency risk can also be managed ...

Economic round-up: Mortgage meltdown misery

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... points to 6.16 per cent and while many experts are confident our overall share market trend will remain up. However, volatility is likely to continue and create less than favourable conditions for credit investment.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... the flat performance was not at all surprising. "It's very, very mixed, which is not terribly surprisingly given the volatility on Wall St last night," Mrs Macdonald said. "Our market, just after a stellar run the last few months, is obviously just coming ...