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Janus manager launches insto volatility funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... chief investment officer Dr.E. Robert Fernholz in the 1980s, to manage stock price volatility and the correlation between stocks to beat long-term benchmark returns. Its portfolios are often skewed towards more volatile stocks that have low correlation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... had been lighter than usual of late. Turnover was 743.88 million shares worth $1.79 billion, with about six out of ten stocks rising. Consumer discretionary stocks led the market, rising 1.2 per cent, with News Corp shares 10 cents higher at $16.86. ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... cent, to 4,201 and the broader All Ordinaries index had climbed 37.3 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 4,262.3. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied sharply Monday after Germany and France pledged over the weekend to find a solid plan to address the eurozone debt ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... debt crisis. The local market took less than half an hour to move into positive territory at the open, despite Wall Street stocks closing in the red on Friday after a credit downgrade on Italy and Spain. Shares moved higher in early trade, and by 1200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... expected the Australian dollar to trade in a range between 96.00 US cents and 98,20 cents on Monday. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks on Friday closed in the red after a credit downgrade on Italy and Spain snuffed out a rally on better-than-expected US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... portfolios and, hopefully, we'll see more buying in the next few weeks." Locally, gains were broad-based, with about five stocks rising for every one that fell. The materials sector was the strongest on the market, rising 2.5 per cent. Among the miners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... 3.65 per cent to 4,069.9 and the broader All Ordinaries index up 139.6 points, or 3.5 per cent, at 4,132.1. NEW YORK - US stocks put on solid gains Thursday, helped by more confidence in banks and the retail sector and in Europe's push to ensure its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... sign of institutional participation in the market. It's a very common tactic - they buy futures first and then rotate into stocks they actually favour," he said. Mr McCarthy said the energy and resource sectors had raced back from losses earlier this ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... will then be filtered for investment returns by a sub-advisory team from Sigma Advisory to create a portfolio of 20-40 stocks. If a company derives more than 5% of its profit from a business that does not comply with Islamic principles it is disregarded. ...