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Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
Mercer has named the top-performing Australian equities funds for the 2019 financial year. Mercer's latest Investment Survey found Martin Currie's Australia Real Income strategy delivered 18.8% in the year to June 2019. BlackRock Equitised Long ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it reached on the 1 November 2007. It closed at 6,800.86 points at the end of ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... by the developing US-Iran stoush), the Australian equity market keeps on climbing. This year-to-date, the All Ordinaries index has rallied by 19.7%, outperforming both developed equities (+15.6%) and emerging markets (+10%). While the S&P 500 index hit ...

Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... exporters' competitiveness, and lift offshore earnings through currency translations effects all sent the All Ordinaries index 0.7% up at the close of trading. These are perfectly rational expectations and rational financial market reactions to the ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... published in late 2018. With cheaper equity prices resulting from last year's 7.4% negative return from the All Ordinaries index, it's risk on. What could be more mouth-watering for investors than cheaper equity market valuation and better returns ...

Pengana merger pays off for WHSP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... times. "The company lifted its dividend for the 18th straight year and is only one of two companies in the ASX All Ordinaries Index to achieve that feat." WHSP director declared a fully franked dividend of 33 cents per share, an increase of 3.1% over ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... Julia Gillard started the trend of back-knifing leaders in 2007. Yes, Australia... this is a thing now. The All Ordinaries index ended the week of 20-24 August down 1.1% when most other equity markets around the world registered gains - the MSCI equity ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
The sharp turnaround in the All Ordinaries index from the 2018 low of 5859.15 points plumbed on April 3 to 6234.95 points - 6.5 points short of this year's high of 6241.46 points (January) - by May 14 it had almost prompted me to declare that 2018 ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
Six index points or 0.1% is all the All Ordinaries index needs to add to by the close of today's trading activity and it would match the decade-high (January 2008) closing level of 6241.46 points recorded on January 9 this year. As at yesterday's ...