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Wealthy investors bullish thanks to advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... or market crash, a factor cited by almost half (49%) of investors. Geo-political events such as turbulence in the Middle East (41%) and the slowdown in China (38%) also weighed on the minds of investors. Factors closer to home such as a lack of confidence ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... now have to add a fourth. The first was George Bush for his trickery that fooled the Western world into kicking the Middle East ants' nest leaving a trail of mayhem that just goes from bad to worse and will most likely take a century to resolve itself. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened lower as tensions increase over Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts. Australia's market followed negative leads on Wall Street overnight with all three major US exchanges ending the day in the red. The Dow Jones ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... open lower after international bourses extended their declines with investors still concerned over conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and Argentina's debt default. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... open lower after international bourses extended their declines with investors still concerned over conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and Argentina's debt default. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is lower amid concerns over the conflict in the Middle East. The market opened lower following a weak lead from Wall Street, despite strong US economic data released overnight. Consumer confidence in the US increased for ...

Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Wall Street down... on Iraq... on escalating Middle East tensions... Sounds about quite right 'eh Virginia? After all, an escalation of conflict in the land of the sand dunes would lift the price of what's underneath those sand dunes - oil. This, in ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... rather than tactical allocation," Nick Tolchard, co-chair of Invesco's global sovereign group and head of Invesco Middle East, said. "The expected net increase in new funding this year is another key factor that explains this preference for alternatives ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The opportunity for outstanding returns from the world's developing economies may have shifted to frontier markets, according to the latest annual CREATE-Research report. Commissioned by Principal Global Investors, the report is produced from the results ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... us people are really concerned about the situation in Iraq," he said. "There are fears of renewed conflict in the Middle East and how this will continue to drive up oil prices and impact on global growth." He said mining stocks have also been hit by ...