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Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... Microsoft (4.91%), Twitter (3.86%), Intel Corp (2.27%) and AT&T (1.61%). Companies from less obvious sectors such as The Walt Disney Co (6.43%), Ford Motors (3.63%), Boeing (1.88%) and Johnson & Johnson (1.86%) also feature. The new ETF expands a growing ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... PepsiCo distributor AmBev at 2.55%. In non-emerging markets, Sydney University's top international shareholding is Walt Disney (2.07%) followed by Nestle (1.79%). Alcohol company Diageo is 12th at 1.29%. Among the top six Australian shareholdings are ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... executive at the networking company. Chambers will remain chairman of the board and become executive chairman. Dow component Disney tacked on 0.5 per cent after its superhero blockbuster film "Avengers: Age of Ultron" netted a staggering $US187.7 million ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... first quarter. Net income fell to $US24 million from $US53 million a year ago, due in part to the strong dollar. Dow member Disney advanced 1.1 per cent on buzz for its new "Star Wars" movie. The studio released a trailer for the film featuring Harrison ...

K2 AM launches International Fund

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... will consist of the team's highest conviction ideas in a concentrated portfolio of 20-40 stocks. Google, Comcast and Walt Disney are top holdings. The fund is a departure from K2's stable of long-short funds and will be long-only.

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... preferring large to mega cap companies for liquidity purposes. It is currently invested in companies such as Samsung, Nestle and Disney - the latter of whose plans for a floating theme park and endless 'Iron Man' movies Wincensten believes bode well. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... take the company private, after seven months battling investors like Carl Icahn demanding a better deal. Shares in Walt Disney Co. jumped 2.4 per cent after chief financial officer Jay Rasulo said that the entertainment giant plans a huge share buyback ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... government's 2012 austerity budget. An across-the-board rise in the 30 Dow blue chips was led by a 6.0 per cent gain for Disney, which reported late Thursday a 30 per cent rise in fourth quarter net income, on a 7.0 per cent gain in revenue. Caterpillar ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... because of differing market actions. The sagging earnings that took US equities down. Nothing here really except for Walt Disney missing out on profits analysts expected it to achieve. Walt Disney reported Q2 EPS of US$0.49 on revenue of US$9.07 billion. ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Walt Disney lives up to its reputation - that of cheering up depression. But is Wall Street now playing with Mickey Mouse Money? Walt Disney, with a little help from its friends - JC Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch Co -brightened Wall Street's sombre ...