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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was three points lower at 4687, with 5,515 contracts traded. The US market rose on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 38.82 points to 12,441.58, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose ...

Fixed interest ETFs to fill "massive hole"

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... around the ASX Aqua listing that needs to get resolved," said Drew Corbett, head of product strategy, BetaShares. The US market is awash with fixed income ETFs, iShares alone has 35 customised products, which it uses to combat inflation threat by altering ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... 0.28 per cent. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket was little changed after disappointing earnings weighed on the US market and as investors waited to assess the state of the Government's finance in Thursday's Budget. The benchmark NZX-50 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian market is likely to decline on Monday after US equities fell about one per cent and the price of gold and some base metals declined. At 0734 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,678 points. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon as resources stocks fell following a drop in commodity prices and a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 71.2 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 4,709 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... cent, and Mumbai ended down. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket rose after receiving a positive lead from the US market on Friday, while weaker than expected inflation data caused the New Zealand dollar to fall. The benchmark NZX-50 index rose ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... two years but the Australian market remains in its infancy in global terms. There are around 900 ETF products on the US market, while Europe also hosts ETF products worth several hundred billion Euros. Morningstar began researching ETFs in September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The Australian sharemarket at noon on Monday was higher as a positive lead from US markets and merger and acquisition activity buoyed investors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 32.7 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 4,894.5 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is set for a nervous start on Monday, after the US and a coalition of forces launched air strikes on Libya over the weekend. At 0731 AEDT, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 4,629 points, with 5,745 ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... replicable." But fund managers can also use the ETFs to enhance portfolio performance. If an analyst is bullish on the US market but thinks interest rates will rise, they can hedge the risk by shorting the leverage ETF to neutralize that exposure, d'Assier ...