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RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... 1.5%-2.5% in 2017. Not on their watch! Lower interest rates means less yield on cash equals more money going to the stock market seeking higher yields. But more importantly, lower interest rates and the potential for further reductions have taken the ...

Affluence launches new fee model to help investors and charity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... fixed fee as they can get away with," Mr Wilson said. In the year to February 29, 2016 the fund outperformed ASX stock market returns by more than 20%. During this period the fund returned 6.7%, compared to the ASX 200 Accumulation Index return of negative ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... liquidating its holdings of foreign debt to pump money into its slowing economy, plummeting currency and extremely volatile stock market. China, the largest owner of US debt, trimmed its Treasury holdings by $8.2 billion in January, the Treasury Department ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... the NAR, "The lull in contract signings in January from the large East Coast blizzard, along with the slump in the stock market, may have played a role in February's lack of closings. However, the main issue continues to be a supply and affordability ...

ASX "debutantes" beating market dips

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... Australian market in 2015 via IPOs. And although this was slightly below 2014 levels, the report said IPOs remain "stock market darlings" due to their 18% weighted average returns. One of the biggest IPO segments in 2015 was technology companies, which ...

Consumer (un)confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... consumers..." The last time consumer confidence was at this level was in July 2015, around the time when China's stock market was freefalling (and fears as to its implications for China's economy and the world) and of course, there was also Fed lift-off ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... share values globally. Since 2010, global listed companies have paid their shareholders $5.4 trillion. "The recent stock market volatility underlines the continued value of income as a source of return. Investing globally is beneficial as owning a range ...

HNWIs foresee bullish 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  SATURDAY, 20 FEB 2016
The majority of high-net-worth investors intend to use more of their cash reserves in 2016, according to research by deVere Group. The deVere research is based on a survey of 767 investors worldwide with investable assets of more than $2 million; of ...

WAM Capital profit triples

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... profit. Chairman Geoff Wilson said the strong performance came amid a volatile and challenging year in the Australian stock market: "The investment team has again demonstrated both its value and commitment to WAM Capital's shareholders, delivering an ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... assured markets that China does not intend to pursue a yuan devaluation policy and that it would endeavour to contain stock market volatility. Two days from now, we'll find out what the Fed makes of all these when they meet and announce their policy ...