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Australian equity managers overlooking value stocks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... - including the major banks, Telstra and other defensive stocks like Woolworths. "Investors who are still bruised by the bear market have naturally been crowding into stocks that have a history of good yields, strong balance sheets and solid dividends ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
It started with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
It's official folks...we now have a bear market -- a bear market in gold, that is. The yellow metal no longer shines Virginia. Gold's spot price closed at US$1484.07 an ounce. That's a 21.8% drop from its all-time closing high of US$1898.25 per ounce ...

AMP expands Chicago credit research team

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
AMP Capital has added a portfolio manager to its Chicago credit research team, reinforcing the importance of its US presence in managing global fixed income portfolios. Afrim Ponik joined the fixed income team (credits market research) and sits in a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, The June share price index futures contract is 16 points higher at 4,928, with 5,088 contracts traded. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Office ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Now wasn't that just classic entertainment? I doubt that even the best of the best comedic minds could come up with a farce such as the one the Australian Labor Party delivered for our viewing, hearing and reading pleasure yesterday. For after all the ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Is this the tiny pebble that trips the bull? I planned to discuss how being in cash is an even riskier proposition at this precise moment in time because of its negative inflation-adjusted returns and using as lead "The Daily Telegraph's" story about ...

Perpetual shares comeback

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... markets, which have improved in line with its share price, he said. With stocks such as Perpetual's, "you want to buy during a bear market and sell them during a bull market," Whitehouse explained. "If there is a bull market around the corner they [Perpetual] ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Buffet buys beans (and ketchup) maker. I think this about sums up the major event of last night. Wall Street liked it. It closed on the up after a down opening buffeted (pardon the pun, or is this a pun?) by news of continuing contraction in the economies ...