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Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... up over the long-term and it is normal to have periods of negative returns. A portfolio with 70% in growth assets, like stocks, and 30% in defensive assets, i.e. income securities - bonds, will typically have one negative year in every five," Sparks ...

Regal Atlantic fund perks up in April

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... 14% rise in April, looking up from its -58.6% returns for March and -32% for February. The fund, which invests in global stocks and aims to max returns regardless of market fluctuations, benefited from its healthcare stock picks and April's recovery ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... dropped on fears of a second wave, with news of fresh cases in Wuhan, Germany and South Korea erasing yesterday's gains. Stocks that led the charge on Monday are now bleeding red. So were Aussie investors, hopeful of a swift economic recovery, just ...

Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... financials, as we have already seen in Australia, they are always at the centre of the storm, as well as consumer discretionary stocks," McIntyre said. "Conversely, two sectors that have typically held up well in recessions are tech and healthcare. Dividends ...

COVID-19 creates case for robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... about it was seeing three to four times the number of accounts becoming active every day and the holding period for the stocks being purchased compressing to one day." Six Park has now lowered its minimum investment to $5000 from $10,000 and is waiving ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... the market, for example, not every super fund would have significant exposures to small caps," Mao said. "Some individual stocks may see more impact than others, but it also depends upon how quickly and the volume that you hit the market." State Street ...

Long/Short fund returns 23.2% in April

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... fiscal and monetary support from governments and central banks. "The fund performed strongly due to a recovery in many stocks that had been oversold in March, along with some significant buying the fund did near the market lows," it said. "We remain ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... manager. However, in order to take advantage of these opportunities investors must be selective within both sectors and stocks, regardless of the "low price" of the asset. The key to success in the current environment is to not be overly defensive, but ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... expecting, they will likely look to move capital to companies that do pay dividends. This could drive up the prices of stocks such as Telstra, Wesfarmers or Coles." Walsh said that while the extent of dividend cancellations of withdrawal are still unclear ...

Markets slump as US jobless claims hit 30m

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... Buffett's stock-market indicator hits a record high, up 179%. The indicator measures the total market capitalisations of US stocks and divides this by quarterly GDP. It allows investors to gauge whether markets are overvalued or undervalued. The "Buffett ...