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Volatility hits 5-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Volatility in US markets has jumped to its highest levels in five years yet not all volatility managers seem to know how to make the most of it, reports the latest VanMac hedge funds state of play newsletter. "Volatility increased in markets with the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks surged, tracking strong gains across Asia, after a Lehman Brothers share offering boosted US markets and sparked hopes that the worst of the credit crisis may have ended. The Hang Seng Index leapt as much as 4.6 per cent ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... Nomura Australia equity markets specialist Eric Betts said. Mr Betts said lower commodities prices that weighed on US markets would have been even more damaging to the local bourse. "We're heavily weighted to resources," he said. "And there are lingering ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... slumped 67 points to 5142. Aequs Securities Pty Ltd institutional dealer Ric Klusman said Australian shares had followed US markets lower, while concerns that local banks will have to take on the mortgages abandoned by overseas-based lenders was prompting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... gained $1.10, or 2.8 per cent, to $40.05 by 1205 AEDT and Rio Tinto had added $3.68, or 2.78 per cent, to $137.73. US markets were closed overnight for the Presidents' Day holiday.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... S&P/ASX200 index ending 48.2 points lower at 5558.4, while the All Ordinaries dropped 45.8 points to 5634. NEW YORK - US markets are closed on Monday for the Presidents' Day holiday. The Dow and Nasdaq both slipped on Friday on concerns about consumer ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... weighed on sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 28.77 points on Friday, or 0.23 per cent, at 12,348.21. US markets will be closed on Monday for US Presidents Day holiday.

Property back to fair value

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... said. The UK and European markets have recently been factoring a 20 to 25 percent reduction in market values and the US markets are following suit - primary reasons behind the underperformance of the sector as a whole. Tim Hannon, head of real estate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... could stay high for some time. Mr Foulsham said factors keeping the local market afloat were a 0.5 per cent rise in US markets overnight as well as positive performances by the big diversified miners, which had recovered some ground lost yesterday. BHP ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... inflation forecasts and warned of more interest rate rises. The local market had already gotten off to a bad start after US markets sank on Friday. At 1232 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 124 points lower at 5,534.0, while the broader All Ordinaries ...