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Core-satellite investing gets the balance right

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... While the recent sub-prime collapse caused market volatility and troubled indexed investments, Houlihan said that historically, index funds outperformed about two thirds of actively-managed funds. "Very often, investors and their advisers unwisely devote ...

JPMorgan serves up investment legends

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... very very slim," he said. "If you look at the back-testing of this particular product, it has been highly likely, historically, that investors will not stay the full course - they will get their money back early, which is great, because it means their ...

Australian Ethical Investments go global

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... fund has a higher level of risk but we are confident it will offer a high rate of return as global markets in the historically offer," he said. "The trends are clear, and those who want ethical investment and future growth can attain that." Australian ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... was a very, very good result. Gold looks pretty perky, so people are pretty keen on the gold sector at the moment. Historically, it's a pretty good time of the year for gold. "BHP's quarterly production report wasn't outstanding, but investors are certainly ...

Economic round-up: Rescheduling retirement

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... proportion of working age population participation has been rising with employment. It is hardly news that unemployment is historically low, but Davies' research shows that this is now the case across all age groups. Unemployment rates have always been ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... where around 25 per cent are jobless. It's difficult to say whether Sarkozy will be able to implement the tough, and historically unpopular, reforms needed to lift France's stagnant economy, and what impact these could have on the rest of the continent. ...

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... primarily on 'subordinated' notes and unrated equity tranches. James Wright, head of fixed income at INGIM, said historically low volatility, a buoyant global economic climate, low risk premiums and investor demand spurred the product's introduction. ...

Inflation up but lower than expected

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... data added to expectations that underlying inflation was not rising fast enough to warrent a rate hike from the RBA. Historically though, the PPI hasn't always proved to be a reliable indicator of the consumer price direction. Fortunately this wasn't ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... high. While these figures indicate a slight downward movement, both business confidence and conditions remain at historically high levels. The ANZ job ads monthly survey showed a 1.9 per cent rise in March continuing the positive momentum seen in this ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... the Reserve Bank of Australia has noted that while household mortgage arrears are increasing, they still remain at historically low levels. Indeed in excess of half of the owner occupiers analysed were ahead in their payments. The RBA also reported the ...