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March ASX200 volatility worse than GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
The Australian stock market showed greater intraday volatility in March than it did during the peaks of the Global Financial Crisis, according to new research from Allan Gray. Nine trading days in March showed volatility above 10% for S&P/ASX 200, with ...

ASIC issues stark warning to retail investors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... billion in the focus period. ASIC was clear in saying these numbers are not a sign of retail investors winning in the sharemarket. "The average retail investor was not proficient at predicting short-term market movements over the focus period," the regulator ...

CBA Group Super posts -7.7% returns for March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... long-term investment objectives while limiting our members' exposure to sharp downfalls and volatility in the sharemarket. "This resilience to volatility is demonstrated when comparing the performance of our Balanced (MySuper) option to major sharemarkets ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... there could still be economic pain around the corner, according to Burman Invest founder Julia Lee. "The Australian sharemarket has come back from pricing in a possible depression to a recession," she said. "The market is starting to price in the possibility ...

Young Aussies backing world's biggest brands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Netflix, Facebook and Visa. "Australian investors, particularly younger investors, understand that while the Australian sharemarket offers some great opportunities, many critical, fast-growing sectors are not well represented on the local bourse," Dale ...

Drought-hit farmers turn to advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... prices will go back up when it rains, but until then they are in a bit of an income squeeze. It's a bit like the sharemarket really." Condon says he has heard stories of truckloads of cattle being turned away because there are no buyers at the markets. ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
"...it is possible that the many, though not individually good men, yet when they come together may be better, not individually but collectively, than those who are so, just as public dinners to which many contribute are better than those supplied at ...

Aussies turn to online trading in droves

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... be undervalued. "Many DIY investors rely on gut feel to guide their investment decision making, and recent healthy sharemarket performance has strengthened their preference for making decisions this way. The challenge for brokers is to turn the horde ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... companies "still have to go to America to borrow long-term debt." "Over half of Australian super funds is invested in the sharemarket as equities, whereas in some other [developed world] countries super funds only invest 10% in the sharemarket," he said. ...

Female SMSF investors more focused on securing retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... resources between the genders," the report reads. The report also shows SMSF investors taking advantage of reduced sharemarket volatility to consolidate their portfolios, trading less but taking larger positions when doing so. SMSFs are twice as likely ...