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State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... rallied 13% over the same timeframe. For a global comparison, the NASDAQ 100 Index, which includes heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google's parent company) and Facebook, has rallied 55.7% since the COVID-19 financial crash. "We have ...

New player in geared, index-shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... steer clear of S&P 500 and ASX 200 where BetaShares' products dominate, but they focus on US tech darlings like Tesla, Apple and Facebook which are increasingly among the most-traded global stocks by Australian investors. "We were short on a leveraged ...

Top traded stocks revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Multi-asset platform eToro found that Tesla was its most traded stock for the month, up 709% from May. This was followed by Apple (up 760% from the previous month), and Tesla's Chinese competitor Nio Inc (up 1018% from the previous month). eToro analyst ...

Is a market turning point around the corner?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... Mitchell pointed out around 85% of the move in the index so far this year can be explained by just five stocks: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft. When paired with market breadth which he notes "has never been so narrow", Mitchell said ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Senator Jane Hume has said the compulsory nature of superannuation allowed super funds to become lazy, creating inefficiencies in the system. She has also hinted the government will soon turn its attention back to the Productivity Commission's recommendation ...

Oil to make strong recovery: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... "As the US begins to open, individuals are getting back in their cars and avoiding public transport," he said. "The latest Apple mobility data show that the number of requests for driving directions has moved above the January 13 baseline, but public ...

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
It would have been funny had it not been for the gravity of the circumstances the planet has found itself in these days of the coronavirus pandemic. For right on the eve of "Labor Day", the US Department of Labor reports that more than 30 million Americans ...

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Central Bank (ECB) are going to be buying." It has also been buying "high quality corporates" such as McDonalds, Coles and Apple. Despite this, Sivapalan said the support for markets could see a permanent loss of capital for corporates. "Our thesis is ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... such a large concentration of supply chains in one particular region or one particular country," he said. "Companies like Apple may ask suppliers to relocate in several other geographies; set up factories in China, Thailand and Mexico. "Supply chains ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... briefing between her and her husband. Further, the New York Post alleges Senator Jim Inhofe dumped as much as $690,000 in Apple, PayPal and Brookfield Asset Management. Criticising the Senators, Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted ...