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High conviction means making tough decisions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
Just because you are a high conviction investment manager doesn't mean staying with stocks no matter what, instead it means making tough decisions with conviction. Speaking at the netwealth adviser conference last week, Don Williams, executive director ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was trading lower at noon after a sharp fall in metal prices hit resource stocks, and cancelled out a positive lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 8.4 points to 5428.3, while the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... with the S&P/ASX200 index up 7.7 points to 5436.7 and the all ordinaries 10.6 points stronger at 5409.2. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher on Friday as sharply lower oil prices and strong profits from AIG outweighed investors' worries that Walt Disney ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... was steady at $13.79. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US632.70 an ounce, up $US14.90 on yesterday's close. Golds stocks were subsequently stronger, with Newmont Mining climbing 19 cents to $6.08, Newcrest Mining 52 cents at $23.90 and Lihir Gold ...

Flying high with Pegasus

... falling crude oil prices will help underpin consumer confidence. Gold looks poised to breakout to the upside and resource stocks should continue to perform strongly. All in all, this is a bullish fundamental backdrop for equities and barring some unusual ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was off 30.2 points at 5429.0, while the all ordinaries lost 26.5 points to 5398.6. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Thursday, led by a drop in the shares of big drug makers and health-care companies as investors worried about ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... market down at the moment," Mr Heffernan said. "A drop in commodity prices is always a dead weight on the major resource stocks. "I think the market will probably finish up a lot closer to being even by the end of the day, that seems to be the pattern ...

Schroders casts net outside MSCI World

... trend of investing in concentrated portfolios, Cooper said that the Global Active Value fund screens 15,000 investable stocks around the world to build a diversified value portfolio with 500 to 600 stocks. "And there is no real reference to country or ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... S&P/ASX200 index finished down 32.4 points at 5459.2, while the all ordinaries dropped 31.6 points to 5425.1. NEW YORK - US stocks advanced on Wednesday as a jump in technology stocks and news that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will step down ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... CSR. The Australian stock market galloped to another record high yesterday after a strong boost from the major resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 47.5 points higher at 5,491.6, beating its previous record close set Monday and hitting ...