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'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... The S&P 500 gained 1.3%; the Dow rose by 1.3%; the Nasdaq's up 0.9% and the Russell 2000 increased by 0.8%. So did commodities (due to their negative correlation with the US dollar): The Reuters/Jeffries CRB index jumped by 1.5%; crude oil went on a ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... uncertainty. Mr Weston said market expectations the Reserve Bank will cut the interest rate was helping the banks but weak commodities and oil prices are prompting investors to avoid mining and energy stocks. "I think this is all keeping people just ...

JPM Global Strategic Bond Fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... 'Recommended' rating from research house Zenith. In its assessment, Zenith said the firm's global fixed income, currency and commodities (GFICC) team is one of "the strongest in the peer set" which was a key factor in the researcher's positive rating. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... on Tuesday, he said. The surprise rate cut in China on the weekend was also seen as a positive for miners exporting commodities to the country. "If it bolsters the Chinese economy, that's got to be positive for the resources sector," Mr Heffernan said. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... The mining giant's shares were up $2.53, or 4.2 per cent, at $62.43. "We've also seen strong rallies in industrial commodities - in particular oil and copper making very significant jumps," Mr McCarthy said. BHP Billiton had added $1.01, or 3.3 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... up it's mind what direction it's heading," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "We got a soft lead from commodities and oil prices, and uncertainty's continuing in the Greek debt situation. "That's against the backdrop of the earnings season ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... broader market a boost as it entered its eighth day of gains, Morgans senior client adviser Bill Chatterton said. "BHP's commodities that it digs out of the ground are all nominated in US dollars and the Aussie dollar is weakening quite aggressively ...

Instos turn increasingly to real assets

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... allocations to real assets. It found 46% of respondents had increased allocations to real estate, infrastructure, commodities, timber and farmland in the past three years, while 60% expect to do so in the next 18 months. "Increasing life expectancies ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... tough," he said. "Valuations are okay but they're not cheap. There doesn't seem to be any particular market - even with commodities having come down a long way - which is warranting our attention." In a quarterly update to investors, he added that cyclical ...

BetaShares names chief operating officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... three new ETFs last year. BetaShares has a total of 17 ETFs, covering a local and international equities, currencies, commodities and cash.