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Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

LA-based investment theory and practice guru Rex Sinquefield entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2005
... Zealand, Lasseters Corp and Milton Corp all fronting shareholders. On the economic front the Cashcard retail activity index for for September is due for release. NEW YORK - US stocks fell sharply after a top Federal Reserve official said the central ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2005
... the AI Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers July PMI is expected, along with the Reserve Bank of Australia's commodity price index for July.

Last weeks for AMP Capital China Fund 2

... 17 June 2005. The fund offers investors access to the Chinese stock market via exposure to the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 index for an initial six-year period. After this time the fund will become a portfolio of Chinese shares to be managed by AMP Capital ...

Morningstar rates Deutsche small-caps fund 'investment grade'

... management (FUM) increases as reasons for the result. The fund produced a return of 10.56 per cent over the Small Ords Index for the 12 months ending 31 March 2005. The impressive return was mainly driven by the funds positions in a hand full of stocks ...

AMP gets Oriental with China Fund 2

... fund has a similar structure to the first China fund with exposure to the Chinese market through the FTSE Xinhua 25 Index for the fix six years via a deferred purchase agreement. After six years the fund will be made directly into a portfolio of Chinese ...

Deceptive bonds

... portfolio but aren't looking at how the bond component is comprised. Moreover consumers do not realise the benchmark index for bonds is not the traditional and safe mix of commonwealth and semi-government bonds it was in the past. Once the bond component ...

Retail activity constant

The Cashcard Retail Activity Index for October 2004 has reported retail spending has remained constant at just under $17 billion worth of purchases during the month. This figure indicates the pattern of spending has returned to normal following the ...

Australian consumers on spending spree: survey

Australian consumers have spent $17 billion according to the Cashcard Retail Activity Index for September. The cashcard retail activity index grew by 0.5 per cent during September following growth of 0.6 per cent in July and August. The seasonally adjusted ...

Advisers turn bearish the sharemarket

... survey commenced more than two years ago, investors were more bullish than advisers. In another first, the sentiment index for investors and advisers moved in opposite directions. Respondents to the survey were asked to indicate in which direction they ...