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Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Australian investors are unlikely to benefit from the expanding stable of actively managed ETFs in the US, potentially compounding opinion that the tool's use holds limited appeal for local instos. State Street's recent launch of three new products ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Those looking for a clearer picture of the state of the US economy will be forgiven for ending up none the wiser following last night's data releases out of America. On this one trading day alone, we witnessed precisely the reason behind Wall Street's ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
I think somebody forgot to tell the equity market that it's already May. Remember May? The time of the year when investors should sell then go away. But instead we got this headline from Bloomberg, "Dow Rallies to Highest Level Since 2007... " The Dow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Australian dollar has risen slightly after weakness following the Reserve Bank of Australia's official interest rate cut. The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the lead of Wall Street which rose on the back of better-than-expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
Australian shares have opened slightly higher as confidence grows in the local market following gains in resources stocks and on high expectations of an interest rate cut. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.4 points, or ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened more than one per cent higher after a successful Spanish bond auction eased concerns over the euro zone debt crisis. At 1012 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.3 points, or 1.15 per cent, at 4,338.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street as investors weigh better-than-expected US retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing and renewed eurozone debt tensions. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open lower after global stock markets dropped on concerns that Spain and Italy may be the next countries to succumb to the eurozone debt crisis. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after stocks on Wall Street posted large gains on a surge in lending in China and a rise in eurozone industrial production. At 0802 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points ...