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Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... and reduce upward pressure on interest rates. "Uncle Buck is back. Currency markets are also referred to as leaders to stocks. Trading volume is huge, but more driven by governments and billionaires than pension plans and gamblers. The first few weeks ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... reserve estimate of 716 million tonnes for the first stage of its Solomon Hub project in Western Australia. Among energy stocks, Woodside was up 33 cents at $45.73, Santos had shed 14 cents to $14.34 and Oil Search had gained five cents to $7.08. The ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... later turned out to be worth less than junk. European equities also closed higher led by a 1.25 per cent jump in French stocks. Say what? Has the sovereign debt crisis there been resolved? Au contraire, Spain (the big problem child) reportedly wasn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... 4,756.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 62.9 points, or 1.32 per cent, to 4,828.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks overcame disappointing economic data on Thursday and ended the day in positive territory, while a dazzling market launch ...

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... stayed locked up on bank balance sheets. Eisinger said he expected commodity prices to top out, helping emerging market stocks rally. "Most people aren't really aware that China and Brazil underperformed the S&P by about 30 per cent in the last 15 months," ...

Avoca patient on industrials evolution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... value in small industrials than small resources, naming companies in retail, manufacturing and technology as preferred stocks. The Bennelong Avoca Emerging Leaders fund is a joint venture with Bennelong Funds Management. Avoca has identified healthcare ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... share market finished modestly higher after Asian markets rallied and weaker than expected local wage data buoyed consumer stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 9.8 points higher, by 0.21 per cent, at 4,693.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... takeover offer from the bigger peer. National turnover at 1211 AEST was 986.9 million securities worth $1.85 billion, with 447 stocks down, 410 up and 368 unchanged. On Wall Street on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index lost 68.79 points ...

Grant Samuel bags $800 million mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... in the Global Equities Shareholder Yield strategy, $600 million in the Global Choice strategy, which has a maximum of 35 stocks, and $100 million in the Global Small Caps fund. McKinnon said that the Global Equity Shareholder Yield strategy was also ...

New ETFs hit booming market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield fund that follows the benchmark FTSE ASFA Australia High Dividend Yield Index of 63 stocks. It has yearly management costs of 0.25 per cent. It also launched the Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index, which ...