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Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... that is -- for the Dow Jones Industrials Index has officially closed at an all-time record high. Commiseration to you 9 October 2007, your 14,164.53-point best is now just a runner-up to last night's 14,253.77 points. And where the Dow goes, there the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 125.95 points for the day, a 0.89 per cent gain, to 14,253.77, easily beating the former closing record of 14,164.53 set on October 9, 2007. Locally, at 0857 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 5,099. In ...

Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... and acquisition deals across Australia and Asia over the past 12 months. The annual net performance of the fund since October 2008 is 12.3 per cent per year with 6.8 per cent volatility and low correlation with equity markets. It has also generated positive ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered almost 30% since October 2012 but, according to Nikko, investors are still sceptical of the Japanese markets potential to deliver over the long-term. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... equities. The Dow jumped 35.17 points (0.25 per cent) to 14,089.66, less than 100 points from all-time high of 14,164.53 on October 9, 2007, ahead of the markets crash and the Great Recession. The broad-based S&P 500 increased 3.52 (0.23 per cent) to ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Brazilian central bank reduced the SELIC rate from a two-year high of 12.5% in August 2011 to a 15-year low of 7.25% by October 2012 aimed at complementing the government's efforts at reversing the slide in economic activity in the country, weakened ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... 57.32 points to 22,577.01. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 37.40 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 4276.31, the highest close since October 2007.

Valuation drop for WHK if merger falls through: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... "merger of equals," which valued WHK Group shares at a 12% premium. The merger offer, made after discussions began in October last year, relies heavily on WHK Group's second-half results, and whether the benefits of a cost-cutting and restructure program ...

Perpetual shares comeback

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... company draws closer. This morning Perpetual shares cost $40.89, just shy of a 100% improvement after trading at $21.00 in October 2012. In June last year Perpetual, which will unveil its half-year results on Thursday, announced a raft of changes that ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... products," ASX Equity Markets business development manager Jonathan Morgan said. UBS' launch of a new ETF platform last October was also one of the key drivers of the sector's growth. "All that has happened in the last year was very positive for the ...