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Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... the currency markets' reaction - euro up against the US dollar and Australian dollar back above parity - it's back to risk on boys and girls. After five weeks of intense speculation and nail-biting suspense, the Greeks blinked in the end - well, a small ...

CFD turnover rises amid dollar decline

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... demand. "The position of our net client book in some major instruments indicated that clients were positioning for a "risk on rally" by the end of May," wrote Ric Spooner, chief market analyst, in his report. The positioning showed CMC's largest net ...

Axioma reveals downward risk trends

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... the ASX-200 was up almost 9% during the quarter, with positive returns each month during the period. "At the same time, risk on the ASX-200 fell substantially, driven by a sharp decrease in asset and factor level volatility. "All industries experienced ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... the sorts of hedge fund managers we know in this area can make some very good returns even if we stay in this kind of risk on/risk off environment," Higgins argues. Fauchier has taken the approach of readjusting the time horizon and method on which they ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... greater threat to China's long term economic prosperity, given Europe's high consumption of Chinese goods." Amid the 'risk on' approach, cyclical stocks regained favour, a move Liddell attributes to the two RBA rate cuts towards the end of 2011 and improving ...

ETFs have proved their worth in crisis: iShares

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... Seccombe said. "When you get increasingly dramatic announcements and market events, ETF trading increases as people put risk on or take risk off." "You only want to be doing that with assets where you completely understand what they represent and with ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... panning out in 2012 when they - one after the other - lowered their global growth projections about three months ago. Risk on trade is out, risk off is in and volatility (a high one) would be the order of the day for most of the 366 days of 2012 - this ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... "If they cut by 25 basis points but are adamant that that will be the end of the cycle, that could limit any downside risk on the Aussie dollar this afternoon," he said. "But if they signal that they're not shutting the door on future interest rates ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... light. The certainty the timing of the next Fed rate movement - "at least through late 2014" - removed the interest rate risk on most investment assets. It's a confidence builder. But don't take it from me, let's here Big Benny himself: "We hope to convey ...

HSBC launches new retail equity product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... protection at maturity with investment return calculated and paid in Australian dollars to eliminate foreign exchange risk on return payments. "Ultimately it gives a much wider international flavour than previous structured products," said Collins. "We ...