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Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street stocks rose one per cent overnight. At 0704 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,505. The Nasdaq has powered to a fresh record, easily ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
The Australian share market looks set to open higher after a strong lead from the US stock market. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,526. Wall Street rose more than one per cent as technology ...

End heavy weighting in US equities: Tempo AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... said that the US outperformance over the last five years has been unusual since, over the last four decades, the US equity market had been the top market performer in only three years: 2011, 2013 and 2014. The trend is reflected in Tempo's fund, a smart ...

BetaShares US equity ETF rated

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... BetaShares FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF (QOZ). "QUS provides investors with simple, transparent access to the US equity market, while using an intelligent methodology that aims to avoid the potential of market cap indices to overweight stocks that are ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... pleased - the VIX index, the US dollar index and US bond yields fell from the prior week (before the Fed) while the US equity market rose. Yippee-kay-yay! Kudos to Madame Janet for her craftily-crafted "forward guidance", she was able to take out 'patient' ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... steadied at 1.6% in January. Inflation expectation is currently at around 1.7%. What hasn't changed too is the US equity market. The S&P 500 index (down 0.3%) and the Dow (down 0.4%) have basically traded back to where they were at the start of this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open solidly higher after international markets returned to positive territory following heavy losses earlier in last week. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 68 points at ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... of crises that supposedly sparked last week's dip and heralds the advent of a more sinister correction in the US equity market. Guess what? Dip buyers only saw the dip and thought it was good and a-shopping they went. This, despite only one of the nominated ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen made upbeat comments about the American economy. US equity markets recovered some losses after Dr Yellen told Congress overnight that the US economy is on track ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... S&P 500 is overvalued, that the S&P 500 is overbought, that US economic growth remains sub-par - the benchmark US equity market index continues to record break. This is because the US central bank's balance sheet continues to expand despite the US$10 ...