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Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... analyst has said, while financial advisers faced with worried clients have been told to get back to basics. Australian stocks have been in rapid reverse with the S&P/ASX 200 Index falling more than 13% in the past four months, breaking a key support ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... meant 'because of'. Yes, because the more of these we get, the stronger the case for QE3 becomes. Here's Bloomberg's take: "Stocks rebounded after the Wall Street Journal reported that three former top officials at the Fed said the central bank should ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... the September share price index futures contract was 79 points lower at 4,316 points, with 17,000 contracts traded. US stocks overnight lost most of their gains for 2011, as poor economic data overshadowed a congressional deal to raise the country's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... fall of 3.5 per cent were well below economists' forecasts of a rise of 2.5 per cent. Financial, healthcare, and materials stocks led the market lower. Among the big banks, National Australia Bank was down 62 cents, or 2.5 per cent, at $23.87, Westpac ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... Australia Bank, Woodside Petroleum, Woolworths, Wesfarmers, Rio Tinto and lastly Origin Energy. Telstra fell out of the top 10 stocks used by Multiport's SMSFs, in a move that may be linked to the June announcement of the NBN deal, the report said. SMSF ...

Perpetual fund downgraded after resignation

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... experience," she said. "That was the key reason." On the positive side, van Eyk said Parkin has experience analysing small cap stocks and that the fund applies rigorous quality criteria to potential investments. Perpetual was unable to respond in time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... cent, at 4,497.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 72.6 points, or 1.61 per cent, at 4,573.1. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Monday as a last-minute deal on raising the government's debt ceiling and averting a potentially disastrous default ...

Boutique equities manager wins big Kiwi mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... the ability to have a portion in Australian equities," he said. The actively managed portfolio will focus on large-cap stocks with a bottom-up stock picking style, he said. Devon Funds Management was reportedly started by principal Paul Glass in 2010 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... Commonwealth was up $1.34, or 2.7 per cent, at $50.61 and Westpac had gained 54 cents, or 2.6 per cent, to $20.96. Resources stocks were also higher, with BHP Billiton up $1.04 at $42.46 and Rio Tinto added $1.74 to $81.74. Other big movers were Iluka ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Australian shares may decline slightly after US stocks fell on Friday as talks to reach an agreement over the US debt ceiling continued to feed market uncertainty. But mining stocks may gain after some metals, including gold, silver and copper, rose. ...