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No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Commodities Decline on China Concern" -Bloomberg "Chinese growth concerns drag equities, $A lower" -Australian Financial Review "Investors Should Be Getting Out' of Stocks" -Bloomberg TV These were the Chicken Little headlines that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... little bit of an improvement in risk appetite on Friday," Mr Shamu said. "With the US dollar retreating a little bit, commodities have managed to edge a bit higher. "We have seen materials (stocks) open higher today. Energy stocks are doing alright as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... per cent, the S&P500 climbed 0.6 per cent and the NASDAQ finished up 0.51 per cent. US futures contract prices for commodities such as gold and copper settled firmer, while oil ended weaker. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,656.10 per fine ounce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... Thursday closed lower after weaker metals prices weighed on mining stocks along with concerns about China's demand for commodities. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.4 points, or 0.22 per cent, at 4,277.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... Street hardly moving after its biggest gain for 2012 a day earlier. A rise in the US dollar though caused a fall in commodities, which are priced in the greenback. Australia's largest mining companies, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, plus energy stocks ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... products such as Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that are organised as collective investment schemes, exchange-traded commodities (ETC), exchange-traded notes (ETN), exchange-traded instruments (ETI), and exchange-traded vehicles (ETV). The paper, issued ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Australia, the market on Tuesday, finished stronger as investors shrugged off a mixed US lead and lower prices for some commodities. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.9 points, or 1.21 per cent, at 4,247.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... commentariat would like to have you believe otherwise. The general thrust of cyber reports were that equities and commodities traded with a negative bias because China is slowing. Yes, they took extra care to impress on us all that it was only a softer ...

BlackRock appoints head of strategy group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... volatility," said Mark McCombe, chairman for BlackRock Asia Pacific. "Diversifying into alternative assets, including commodities and real estate, has the potential to provide above average returns and manage risk, since alternatives tend not to move ...

Aus fixed income ETF providers talk up offerings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... actually don't have very many synthetic ETFs in Australia - all the equities ones are physical now. It's just some of the commodities ones based on synthetics." "There seems to be a lot more education required just on bonds as an asset class," said Skelly. ...