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Patience with underperforming managers urged: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
NAB Private Wealth has warned its clients that jettisoning a managed fund for recent underperformance could be an unsatisfactory strategy. Citing a recent US study into the behaviour of retail investors, the bank's private banking division said that ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... Tinto was up $1.85, or 3.38 per cent, at $56.53. Gold miner Newcrest had surged $1.12, or 6.8 per cent, to $17.58. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank was 11 cents lower at $32.65, ANZ had eased two cents to $29.88 and Commonwealth Bank had ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... traders reacted to news of soaring Spanish unemployment and surprising British growth figures, while earnings updates from major pharmaceuticals were also in focus. Indices had enjoyed large gains during the previous two days on growing expectations ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The Australian market has opened higher, led by industrial stocks with exposure to the US and the major banks heading into reporting season. IG Markets chief market strategist Evan Lucas said there were gains across the board at opening despite trading ...

NZ Super sells forestry assets to Chinese state owned company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Zealand investors. Following the sale, NZSF's New Zealand timber investments will still exceed $NZ 1 billion, including its major stake in the 178,000 hectare Kaingaroa Forest in the central North Island. NZSF's portfolio of New Zealand investments has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... housing data from the US. At 0737 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 4,972. No major economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Evolution Mining March is due to post quarter results, while the ...

Apps disappoint despite vast tech spend

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... expectations. In its analysis of over 42,000 ratings and approximately 2,000 reviews of banking applications, across the four major app stores within Australia, it found that there was a high level of negative sentiment and a high volume of disappointing ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... Health, Ebay, IBM, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley's disappointed earnings/profit expectations. Friday: S&P 500 up 0.9%. No major eco stat or survey out. Just a few big-named - Microsoft, Capital One, Google, Kimberly-Clark, Honeywell - and not so ...

Australian equity managers overlooking value stocks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... Eyk research, 80% of the rise in the ASX200 index for the 12 months to February 2013 was due to 10 stocks - including the major banks, Telstra and other defensive stocks like Woolworths. "Investors who are still bruised by the bear market have naturally ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower after a negative finish on Wall Street. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was 12 points lower at 4,920 points, with 4,431 contracts traded. In economics news on Friday ...