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Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... assets that don't. Writing an opinion piece for CNN Money magazine, Buffett, regarded as a leader among the world's most astute and successful long term strategic investors, said this is why he prefers investing in productive assets such as businesses ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... State administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is reviewing its holdings of Eurozone bonds. Nothing wrong with that! Any astute investor -- given the uncertainty in Europe -- would be doing the same thing if they want to preserve their capital. Even ...

Integrity appoints new portfolio manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... sectors and will be actively involved in the management of all Integrity Australian share portfolios. "Mike Murray is an astute and experienced investor and we are delighted to have him on the Integrity team," said Fiani.

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... van Veen. "Perpetual have some very capable people internally so that creates an opportunity there and there's some very astute members in the funds management group in Dublin...the pool is massive." Gonzalez' appointment means Brian Scullin remains ...

Billionaire faces insider trading noose

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... trading activities of Raj Rajaratnam is that the secret of his success is not genius trading strategies. He is not the astute study of company fundamentals or marketplace trends that he is widely thought to be. "Raj Rajaratnam is not a master of the ...

Japan wins for local instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Japanese economy may be in recession but that hasn't stopped local investors with assets allocated to astute Japan fund managers from making money, or at least preserving much of their capital, based on latest Rainmaker research. According to Rainmaker ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... Depression ensued. So it was in the boom, so it with the bust. For sure, there are still plenty of risks out there. But astute investors will not be waiting for the headlines to declare that the recession is over, that the global financial crisis has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... times what the Dow went up," Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "That didn't make sense, but there was some very astute betting on the PPI coming in so we've paid the penalty for yesterday's exuberance. "There seems to be mixed recommendations ...

DIY investors not happy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... at 76 per cent, Direct Access 61 per cent and E*Trade at a mere 54 per cent. "Fairfax's purchase of InvestSmart was very astute, their own client satisfaction indicated that they were floundering in their offering and very much in danger of losing market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... profit-taking in the past couple of sessions, it could be time for investors to buy again, Mr Heffernan said. "For the astute people looking back at this easing in the market, I think there are good opportunities there," he said. Mr Heffernan said also ...