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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... longer term perspective they are still lower than they have been historically. "So they are good value, and with their dividends rising, the stocks are rising." ANZ was up 21 cents to $25.02, National Australia Bank had added 41 cents to $25.87, Commonwealth ...

No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... than household income, and they are only looking at salaried income as opposed to other earnings including rents and dividends," she said. Adjusting for these factors, Costa said, gives a house price to income ratio of around 4.5 to 1 for Australia ...

SSgA hits $45m in 24 hours

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... Dividend Yield ETF take-up was a strong sign investors are looking for investments that provided high and sustainable dividends. "We've been working on this strategy for some time and convinced ourselves that the MSCI benchmark and index they've produced ...

Premium Investors cuts cost, restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... was" prior to the buy-back, according to the newsletter. Meanwhile, Collins said investors can expect fully franked dividends of 6c to 7.5 cents per annum during the medium term following the implemented changes. Correction: An earlier version of this ...

SSgA ETF targets high yields

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... introduced the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF, which seeks to provide investors with high and sustainable dividends. Rob Goodlad, SSgA senior managing director for Australia, said key to this offering is independence, as the ETF is ...

Realindex tops $2bn in FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... examples. Francis said Realindex uses fundamental measures of firm size, including cash flow, sales, book value and dividends to select stocks and weightings for its funds, as opposed to simply using the market cap weightings used by equity indices ...

Avoid high yield traps: State Street

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... yields to their portfolios, as the higher yield is often a result of significant price declines rather than increases in dividends paid. "Dividends can provide an important insight into a company's health, its cash flow generating capability and its ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... administration (health care reform?). But with rising profits, they're bound to spread the joy - either through increased dividends, increased wages or increased hiring. What the latest US employment report indicates is that this is another "jobless ...

Managed fund for charity pays dividends

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund is yet to reach its $150 million goal but has already achieved its more noble goal - delivering a $45,000 cheque to charities each month. Two years on, the fund has pooled more than $40 million in funds under management ...

Tyndall launches share income fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... index fund that holds all stocks, good and the bad," he said. In addition, the Tyndall screens all stocks to ensure the dividends are based on generated income. "We make sure there's a basis behind the dividend - sometimes companies will leverage up ...