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PM Capital boosted by beer and Las Vegas property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... achieved by the fund's benchmark, the MSCI World Index. The firm's latest success story has been a direct play on the US housing recovery. On discovering three-bedroom houses for sale in a tree-lined suburb with direct freeway links to Las Vegas for ...

Zurich fund now on major platforms

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... buying the company towards the end of 2010 when it was very hard to find anyone with anything good to say about the US housing market.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... per cent after solid earnings from energy giant Repsol and telecom company Telefonica. The sell-off was fuelled by US housing data that raised concerns about the Federal Reserve's stimulus program, analysts said. The euro rose to $US1.3236 from $US1.3199 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... program. The US dollar enjoyed another positive day, with Wall Street also providing a strong lead thanks to upbeat US housing data. Tokyo stocks dropped 0.20 per cent, or 25.84 points, to 13,007.28, after jumping 2.73 per cent the day before. Hong Kong ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... It doesn't compute. US jobless claims up by more than expected last week - the biggest since the last week of March. US housing starts plunged in April - the biggest fall since February 2011. After two months in the plus, the Philly Fed index fell back ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... just pass without the usual serving of positive spin, can you? And so it was. I have no quarrels with the improving US housing rationale. Last night's report that S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values jumped by 8.1% in the year to January - better ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... fiscal spending...and yet the US economy continues to gather momentum. Earlier this week, we saw another rebound in US housing starts and continuing increases in building permits. Last week, we saw better-than-expected increases in US retail sales and ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... a lot of trades that used to be made by the bank property desks. There has been a lot of price appreciation in the US housing market but not in underlying debt assets."

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... clear signs of an improving economy. But the big surprise brimming him with confidence was the improvements shown in US housing. "Immigration and low interest rates means that the demand for housing is rising dramatically. In the US, it's now cheaper ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on mixed US housing and inflation figures. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 12 points at 5,061. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian ...