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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... address an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch. The Australian share market rose 0.9 per cent on Friday as resource stocks, led by gold and oil companies, surged on higher commodity prices and the banks pared early losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... driven by a stronger resources sector following higher base metals prices overnight that helped offset weakness from banking stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.2 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 4,955.6, while the broader All ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... them loose". "We encourage our managers to run quite unconstrained, high conviction portfolios. We want managers to own stocks they really like, rather than own stocks purely because they represent a significant part of a benchmark." When designing a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... better-than-expected sales report from retail titan Wal-Mart. Gains in the gold and oil price overnight may also support resource stocks. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract gained 39 points to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... share market remained weaker at noon, but had recovered slightly from its lows, after a negative lead from the US led local stocks lower this morning. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lost 84.4 points, or 1.68 per cent, at 4,927.5 while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... Bennelong Australian Equity Partners launch is expected. Yesterday, the Australian share market lifted as investors snapped up stocks that now look cheap after being beaten down on the back of higher oil prices, the global credit crunch and fears of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... Reserve chairman indicated the central bank was likely to extend emergency loans to investment firms. Mining and energy stocks may decline after oil and metals prices slipped overnight. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... on Wall Street overnight pushed up big miners Rio and BHP Billiton. But the energy sector was hurt by tumultuous energy stocks. "We had oil weaker last night in the U.S., so that hasn't helped at all," Mr Smith said. "The reason for the weakness in oil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... cent, to 5002.5, while the broader All Ordinaries dropped 78.3 points, or 1.51 per cent, to 5091.7. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks fell following hefty market swings as investors fretted about the opening of the second quarter earnings season, sensing ...

SELECT guides investors to managed futures

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... futures investment managers normally invest on a "rules-based trading system" which speculates on the price direction of stocks, bonds, currencies, fixed interest and commodities. Managers usually buy long and sell short futures contracts to profit from ...