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Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... can now access key financial data and forecast information on global giants Apple, Google, General Electric, Chevron, Procter & Gamble, Singapore Airlines and even Facebook if they so wish," said Batchelor. "We think also that the well documented growth ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... made modest gains on Thursday as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and Procter & Gamble earnings beat forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 26.34 points (0.20 per cent) to 13,103.68. The broad-based ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... stocks have made modest gains as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and Procter & Gamble earnings beat forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 26.34 points (0.20 per cent) to 13,103.68. The broad-based ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... which has been seen as a less volatile way of accessing the same theme," Oliver said referring to the likes of Apple, Procter & Gamble and Nestle. The types of companies that are performing well overseas are in the tech, pharmaceutical, consumer staples ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... performers lately include utility companies American Water Works (AWK) and Consolidated Edison (ED), consumer staples companies Procter & Gamble (PG) and General Electric (GE), and pharmaceutical conglomerate Pfizer (PFE). Outperformance by stocks that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... highest level since January. Investors had a batch of earnings to digest, including from two Dow components, ExxonMobil and Procter & Gamble. ExxonMobil reported bumper quarterly profits of nearly $US11 billion ($A10.15 billion) as the energy giant benefited ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... still facing the US economy. Investors were unhappy with just about every major earnings or economic report on Tuesday. Procter & Gamble and Dow Chemical reporting earnings and revenue that fell short of forecasts. A raft of economic data released through ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... "According to multiple sources, a trader entered a "b" for billion instead of an "m" for million in a trade possibly involving Procter & Gamble." And with that single keystroke, the machines went to work, sending off a chain reaction of stop loss selling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... were reports that a technical glitch or mistaken trade may have been partially to blame for a sudden sharp decline in Procter & Gamble's (P&G) stock. Both Fox News and CNBC reported that a trading error involving P&G stock could have been responsible ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... index has been consistently trending higher since hitting its cycle low in March last year. Wall Street liked that HP and Procter & Gamble beat earnings estimates. But this has been happening since the start of 2010. According to Bloomberg, "More than ...