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Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... growth. Just a month or so ago -- at the height of the MENA tension and before the Japanese earthquake - oil experts were in vogue. MarketWatch dot com printed Kevin Kerr's ominous thesis that US$300 crude is not far off. According to the website, Kerr ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... AustralianSuper have added their exposure to direct property in recent months, Rainmaker research shows. Direct property is back en vogue as investors look outside listed real estate and lock in higher returns - and a quick glance at the numbers show ...

Blue chips back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Cyclical stocks may be on top of many investors' lists but one fund manager said the time is ripe to get back to blue chips, too. Kate Howitt, portfolio manager with Fidelity's Australianequities team, said 2010 will favour prudent investors as the ...

Seven in 10 investors are bullish: ML

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... have fallen 0.5 per cent in one month alone, from 4.9 per cent to 4.3 per cent since April. Equities meanwhile are back in vogue, especially cyclical sectors that are expected to perform best in a recovery, noted the survey. Meanwhile bonds have also ...

Precious metals ETCs in vogue

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Investors wary of equity market volatility are flocking to precious metals exchange traded commodities - a sector that has seen substantial inflows following the GFC, said ETF Securities. ETF Securities has seen inflows surge into its physically backed ...

Passive managers win insto favour

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... increasingly looking for ease of execution and certainty against an underlying benchmark. Passive-style strategies have been in vogue as investors continue their flight to plain, transparent, index-following funds. But while Goodlad is quick to point ...

Defensive model portfolios in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
Advisers are increasingly turning to model portfolios as the backbone of their research in the construction of defensive investment strategies, said an industry expert. Paul O'Connor, director of fund services at Standard & Poor's, said the firm is ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... rise in October and November, universities are predicted to dismiss the teachings of Adam Smith as socialist ideals come in vogue and a finance scandal is expected that will make Bernard Madoff's investment swindle look like pocket money. "Despite it ...

Responsible investments still in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Investors have pumped $4.1 billion into responsible investments in the last year, bringing the sector's figures to $57.1 billion, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. The Responsible Investment 2008 report found that broad ...

DB back in vogue: Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Volatile markets and negative returns have turned investors off accumulation schemes towards defined benefits, said Equipsuper. The $4.2 billion Equipsuper's chief executive Robin Burns said defined benefits account for around 40 per cent of the fund's ...