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FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... and corporate bond ETFs, cash ETFs, currency ETFs, property ETFS, emerging market ETFs, not to mention a multitude of commodity exchange-traded products. All of this choice means investors no longer need to 'set and forget'. If they want they can actively ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.12 per cent higher on Monday. Wall Street's gains and better commodity prices had driven the Australian share market higher, Bell Direct equities analyst Leanne Jones said. However, she said, Chinese ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... sectors are suffering losses as Asian share markets follow the downward trajectory of US and European markets. Weaker commodity prices, apart from gold, are kicking the mining-related materials sector. Bargain hunters are also absent, OptionsXpress analyst ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... 0.73 per cent, or 38.2 points, to close at 5,245.6 with mining companies leading the charge on the back of stronger commodity prices. Shanghai reversed initial losses to end 0.60 per cent higher, adding 14.20 per cent to 2,373.67 while Hong Kong climbed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Local shares are rebounding as a surge in iron ore prices boosts the big miners. Higher commodity prices were also boosting other sectors, and are likely to help break the share market's recent losing streak, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... the Australian bourse on Wednesday. "The IMF downgraded global growth. The data coming out of Europe is no good, and commodity prices are heading lower," Mr Esho said. "So, that all combined is pulling down our market." Mr Esho said commodity prices ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is flat with gains among the major miners offset by the major banks. Better commodity prices and excitement about a possible merger between Rio Tinto and Glencore Xstrata had bolstered resource stocks, IG Markets market strategist ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower amid ongoing Aussie dollar weakness, a fall in commodity prices and soft leads from US equities. Wall Street stocks finished lower overnight after a monthly US consumer confidence index fell for the first ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... financial crisis. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases September's index of commodity prices, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases August retail trade figures, while the Australian Industry Group's ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014