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FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... world; and they have a major home bias. On the ASX All Ordinaries, 41.9% is taken up by the financial sector and 17.2% is materials. The third biggest sector is consumer staples, at 7.6%. Few developed economies have this sort of sector dominance. Less ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... "Technology shares are getting pretty hammered this morning but, given we are so heavily weighted towards the financials and materials sectors, the Aussie market should hold up relatively well today," he said. Jobseeker site SEEK, down 56 cents to $16.14 ...

SMSFs still under-invested in global shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... offer in local shares are attractive, Tuck said this advantage is diluted by concentration risk, with financials and materials companies accounting for 60% of the total market capitalisation. "Banks now operate in a lower credit growth environment and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... weekend, which raised concerns that the world's second-largest economy is slowing. Since China is a big consumer of raw materials and energy, commodities such as copper and iron ore have dropped sharply. Copper has fallen to its lowest level since 2010 ...

market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... sold off the most. The top three decliners on the market are Fortescue, Atlas Iron and Arrium," she said. "Because the materials sector makes up about 18 per cent of the Australian sharemarket, those Chinese numbers are really impacting." Fortescue Metals ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... Japan's Nikkei is expected to gain 1.5 to 2 per cent due to the yen falling overnight. He said cyclical stocks such as materials, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors were outperforming consumer staples and healthcare in early trade. The mining ...

3D mutual fund launched in US

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... least 50% of the company's revenues or earnings are derived from the development or distribution of the equipment and materials used in additive manufacturing or at least 50% of the company's assets were devoted to such activities. The minimum investment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... seeing the defensive plays in the red and the mining stocks and cyclical stocks in the green," he said. Mr Lucas said the materials and energy sectors had been buoyed by strong production reports from Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum on Thursday as well ...

Big fall one day, up and away the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... particularly the big four banks remained the biggest drag on the market. "Financials are still under pressure and the materials space isn't really picking up the slack so that's probably going to see the broader index drift lower," he said. Among the ...