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Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... rally seems to have run out of steam, with the major indexes ending the day of trade in a sea of red. Early in trade the Dow Jones surged 900-points before closing down 0.12%. Similarly, the S&P 500 lost 0.16% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.33%. The ...

ASX suffers worst quarter in over a century

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... their worst monthly and quarterly declines this century, sliding 21% and 17% respectively in March, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices quarterly report. "While there have been relatively few confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far on either side of the ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... the US overnight, rising 2.7% in the first hour of trade. Despite cases of COVID-19 in the US lifting to 161,807, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.2% overnight, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq lifted 3.4% and 3.6% respectively. Europe also had ...

The bulls are back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The Dow Jones has recorded its shortest bear market in the index's history, as investors regain confidence in a market rife with volatility. The Dow experienced its strongest three days in nine decades after record weekly US jobless claims came ...

No new ASX 200 names this quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... say could help ETF investors save costs, but raises questions about the passive versus active nature of indices. S&P Dow Jones rebalances its global indices every quarter, including the local ASX 200, which usually sees a handful of names change every ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has posted second day of gains, rising 2.4% after witnessing its best one-day percentage gain since the Great Depression on Tuesday. "Turnaround Tuesday" saw the bourse surging 11.4% or 2112.98 points during trading ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... mark. The 200 has now lost around 31% of its value since its record-breaking highs of February 20. It comes after the Dow Jones experienced its worst day since the 1987 'Black Monday' sell-off, following news of a US travel ban of 26 European ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell. The tweets follow a tumultuous start to the week for markets, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their worst day in a decade on Monday. Markets rebounded on Tuesday on hopes of government stimulus ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... of trade this morning, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 3.6% or 215 points. Although it officially entered bear market territory, Dow Jones and S&P 500 futures are pointing to a rise on Wall Street tomorrow, which is helping drive buying sentiment locally. At the ...

Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian ...