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BlackRock appoints head of strategy group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... has the potential to provide above average returns and manage risk, since alternatives tend not to move in tandem with stocks and bonds." BlackRock manages approximately US$105 bn in alternative assets globally, including hedge funds, private equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... market on Friday finished almost one per cent stronger after a sharp slowing in China's inflation rate boosted resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41 points, or 0.98 per cent, at 4,212 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... cent, at 4,171, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 27.7 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 4,262.1. NEW YORK - US stocks finished higher Thursday, led by a 1.2 per cent gain in the Nasdaq, buoyed by reports that Greece had achieved the minimum support ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... Jones Industrial Average firming 0.61 per cent to 12,837.33 points. They'd returned to risk assets, giving support to local stocks in most sectors, Mr Chatterton said. Fortescue Metals Group jumped 11 cents, or 2.07 per cent, to $5.42, while market heavyweight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... 4,143.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index shed 61.1 points, or 1.42 per cent, to 4,234.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have rebounded on opening after Tuesday's rout, with investors encouraged by US jobs data but still cautious ahead of the ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
"I'm afraid to buy And I don't know why I'm jealous of the people who Are not afraid to buy" "Coz now stocks are fallin' Fallin' fast again." My apologies to Teri de Sario for my rendition of his classic "Fallin'", it's just that by changing a few words ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... at $20.39, ANZ sagged 22 cents at $21.87, and Commonwealth Bank slipped 51 cents to $48.07. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks registered their biggest losses of the year amid concerns about a looming Greek debt swap and slowing global economic growth. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... in the red after weaker base metals prices and a downwards revision of China's economic growth target weighed on mining stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 58.3 points, or 1.37 per cent, at 4,204.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Australian stocks were lower at noon as weakness in the materials and metals and minerals sector dragged the broader market into the red. At 1212 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 41.3 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,221.7 points, while the ...

'Twinflation' makes real asset investment popular

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... investment perspective, Ruff maintains these pressures are supportive for real asset investing, at least relative to traditional stocks and bonds. While inflation linked bonds, real estate and global commodity stocks tend to pass through inflation at ...