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Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... weak enough. The Dow fell by 2.0%, the S&P 500 declined by 2.2% and the Nasdaq lost 2.4%. It was a similar story for commodities: Gold dropped by 2%, silver 3.6%, copper 2.2%, oil 2.1%. (As an aside, the Fed would still be unmoved by the magnitude of ...

Russell launches mini iQ platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... clients. "Russell iQ Investments brings a new range of institutional quality, actively managed investments including commodities, infrastructure and emerging markets to advisers and their clients, without additional layers of fees," Peck added. Russell ...

Investment grade wine attracts global wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... moved independently of major equity-type asset classes and has not correlated strongly with hedge funds, gold or other commodities. "Over the last 10.5 years the Liv-ex 100 Index has had a correlation of 0.34 with the S&P 500 Index and a correlation ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... operators did not hold an Australian Financial Services License as required by law. ASIC has been assisted by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission in the United States of America, the Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand and the Securities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... bounced back overnight, reversing the previous day's losses while shrugging off the spectre of more turmoil in Europe. Commodities, industrial equipment makers and banks led the market higher, while United Technologies was the Dow's only loser, falling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... have bounced back, reversing the previous day's losses while shrugging off the spectre of more turmoil in Europe. Commodities, industrial equipment makers and banks led the market higher, while United Technologies was the Dow's only loser, falling 0.3 ...

ASIC warns against fake investment group

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... enables them to check the fictional status of their investment. "They claim to offer advice on warrants, futures, commodities trading, foreign exchange trading, portfolio administration as well as online trading and investor seminars," said ASIC. ASIC ...

CSIRO questions Aus economy after the boom ends

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
A CSIRO researcher has questioned where Australia's economic output will come from once the commodities boom ends. "We are a highly exposed market because three things that we make, make up 40% of our exports," said Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, principal scientist ...

Ten new ETPs get ASX listing

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
ETF Securities has released 10 new exchange traded products that aim to provide direct exposure so the commodities boom. The ten new exchange traded commodities products have been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), bringing the total ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
Despite an economic reliance on natural resources, Australia has lagged other developed markets in commodities investments, according to S&P Indices. "We tend to look at the market and think, well, if we've got BHP and Rio then we've got enough in direct ...