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Investing in credit the next big opportunity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... represent value because "the worst case scenario is already priced in." The impact is that these bank loan-type assets are trading at the same prices as much lower rated securities, said Alliston. Alliston said the current mispricing gap is why local ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... +0.580 29.580 MORE rlm/pe "The financial sector was down by about half a per cent," Ms Saly said. "NAB has been placed in trading halt as it tries to raise $2 billion in capital through an institutional share placement offer. "There are rumour that those ...

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... delivered more than 13 per cent per annum for more than a decade. The fund's strategy is based the group's algorithmic trading software that was developed in 1996. The fund will initially have a 25 per cent allocation to cash with the remaining portion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... selling. The major indices jumped more than two per cent. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 250 points in light trading. For the week, the Dow and broader benchmarks like the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost about four per cent after surging ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... the official interest rate again. The cheaper Australian currency will also provide support going forward as Australia's trading partners, faced with diminishing wealth, finds better value in the country's exports of goods and services. Yes, Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... 455.82, or 3.17 per cent, to 14,840.16 points. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket rose along with offshore markets but trading volume remained thin ahead of national elections this weekend. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 41.802 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was trading almost two per cent higher at noon on the back of stronger commodity prices, gains in the resources sector and a good lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 82 points, or 1.95 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... was 24 points lower at 4,152 on a volume of 12,280 contracts. MF Global institutional equities dealer Sam Willis said trading volumes were thin ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. The Melbourne Cup also was preoccupying investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... All Ordinaries index was up 190.3 points, or 4.78 per cent, at 4173. NEW YORK - US stocks closed virtually flat in quiet trading on Monday, with investors cautious a day ahead of voting for president and Congress as fresh data underscored economic worries. ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial market trading activity in October ended as it began - with so much volatility. Investors' consensus interpretation of economic reports, government announcements and central bank decisions determined entry and exit into equities, currencies ...