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Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... better than the market - so resources are attractive," he said. "In that environment. You want to invest in the iron ore stocks like BHP, Rio, and Fortescue. But in the absence of one of them being glaringly better than the others, why tie yourself in ...

Ontario Teachers' massively underperforms benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... 1.8%. The shortfall was largely attributed to insufficient investment in listed equities, particularly major US technology stocks, and adjusted valuations in infrastructure and real estate due to rising interest rates. Ontario Teachers' president ...

Low investor demand sees equities funds wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... management. The fund was established in April 2012 and tracks the S&P/ASX 200 Total Return Index, investing in mid- and large-cap stocks. It has a three-year annualised return of 6.16% versus the benchmark's 9.56%. Meantime, the Paradice Global Emerging ...

'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz bankrupt in ASIC crackdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... via Instagram, suggesting he owned shares or viewed them as good investments, likely swaying his audience to buy these stocks. Scholz also conducted seminars on ASX trading strategies, charging attendees $500 and delivered via Zoom or face-to-face at ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... that are more favourable for active managers and 2023 was not one of them, pointing to the effects of dispersion. When stocks tend to move together driven by the same macro drivers such as monetary policy or pandemic, it is difficult to pick the companies ...

Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... report analysed 22 global pension markets and found Australia's high dependency on the equity markets, allocating 51% to stocks, which is above the average of the top seven countries of 42%. The US pension market has some 46% invested in equities, while ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... time. However, playing along with master of ceremonies Angela Jackson, Stammer pinpointed large and emerging US technology stocks as his Factor-X for 2024 - just as it was in 2023. "I do think it'll be the further growth of US technology stocks. I think ...

VanEck failed to disclose influencer's role in ETF launch: SEC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... Sentiment ETF (NYSE: BUZZ). The ETF tracks the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index, which comprises the 75 large cap US stocks with "the highest degree of positive investor sentiment bullish perception based on content aggregated from online sources ...

Online investor participation declines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... novice or advanced beginners. Delving into their investment choices, 30% have most recently allocated funds to small-cap stocks, primarily influenced by the goal of reaching a savings target. Moreover, the median time for making investment decisions ...

BlackRock iShares adds to factor ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... and can potentially outperform during periods of economic expansion," she explained. "IQLT and IHQL aim to capture global stocks with capital growth potential even during periods of economic slowdown while IVLU and IVHG can offer portfolio resilience ...