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More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... some of the best investment opportunities. Fidelity has a US$1.6bn EMEA fund, 45 per cent of which is allocated in African stocks, a continent still frequently ignored in favour of increasingly crowded Asian markets. "What you see in our GEM fund is ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... when equity markets gain at the same time that the price of crude increases? There's also a pre-loved headline for that - Stocks up as global recovery could withstand higher oil. It's so predictable. Every slip, skip and hop in the equity markets are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... received positive leads from US equity markets, although declines in the precious metal and oil markets may drag on some stocks. On the ASX 24 at 0854 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was seven points higher at 4,813. In economics news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... oil, and oil's gone up 20 per cent in a month because of that. That's just unrealistic, in my view." Some of the largest stocks on the local market were higher at noon, turning around from losses at the open. Among the financials, Commonwealth Bank was ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... indication of a more moderate though still optimistic view of the sector rather than any active concern about the chip stocks as a group." But we in the business know that most "sell" recommendations are spelled "H-O-L-D". "Stuck in the middle with you." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... dairy industry. On Monday, the Australian sharemarket closed lower as uncertain investors deserted miners and financial stocks, leading the market downwards. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 66.4 points, or 1.37 per cent, at 4,797.9 points while ...

Hunter Hall launches two equity funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... aiming for 'a couple of hundred million in FUM', targets annual returns of 15 per cent, buying cheap handpicked global stocks. Hunter Hall's style of investing is distinctive, it very rarely buys stocks without having visited the company and spent time ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... regions have forced fund managers to reassess their portfolios in the region, particularly their investments in mining stocks. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Dennis Richardson told the Paydirt Africa Down Under mining conference last ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
The Australian sharemarket at noon on Friday was higher, after encouraging US economic data helped US stocks make strong gains and provided a positive lead. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.5 points, or 1.01 per cent, at 4,854.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... 4,806.4 points while the broader All Ordinaries index added 4.5 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 4,902.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks soared on Thursday sparked by new data showing steady improvement in the jobs market, retail sales and the economy's service ...