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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2005
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger today with a healthy overnight lead from Wall St. U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday as optimism generated by some big merger news and the April sales of McDonald's Corp. helped Wall Street's ...

New Perpetual business scores local and Irish win

... including an index fund comprise the Blueprint international share fund. van Eyk states PIIML's exposure to higher quality stocks will better position Blueprint in a more difficult market especially as the global economy is expected to enter a period ...

Morningstar selects best large-cap strategies

... fund managers. In light of these findings the researcher is predicting more subdued returns from the sector in 2005. Value stocks were found to have performed well and small to mid-cap managers experienced better returns than their large-cap counterparts. ...

Credit Suisse's small-caps strategy in good stead

... expected superior cashflow growth prospects over the next one or two years. Fleming also increased the spread of portfolio stocks from 45 - 65 but still retained several high-conviction positions and scaled back its position on healthcare stocks in favour ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2005
... 997 contracts. On the day the market could well nudge higher, particularly given heavy falls yesterday, although resource stocks will come under pressure from weaker base and precious metal prices. However, investor attention will be fixed on the Reserve ...

GSJBWere Asset Management launches new take on long/short funds

... process, allows the GSAM quantitative equities group to better reflect both the negative and positive views on individual stocks to generate out-performance. In addition, a global investment universe provides more opportunity to capitalise on mispriced ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2005
... solid base and precious metal gains set the tone for the local bourse. However, a slide in oil prices could hit resource stocks that have benefited from the recent record prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was ...

Morningstar rates Deutsche small-caps fund 'investment grade'

... for the 12 months ending 31 March 2005. The impressive return was mainly driven by the funds positions in a hand full of stocks, a result the researcher finds surprising as the fund's strategy is not concentrated one. Avoiding investments in failed companies ...

MFS Global Equity Trust gets Morningstar seal of approval

... basis as at 31 March 2005. This result was mainly driven by the manager's decision not to be heavily weighted in technology stocks in the late 1990s. The strategy the fund employs is a bottom-up approach. Research is performed to select stocks possessing ...

Morningstar upbeat on Morgan Stanley

... Morningstar says. Morningstar recommends the strategy as a core part of a portfolio due to its emphasis on mega and large-cap stocks. But it also suggests coupling it with a growth-leaning global shares fund in order to counteract for its value tilt. ...