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Living in a volatile world: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... index options over the next 30 days. Wilkinson said they also expect to launch a family of volatility funds around oil prices, metals and other highly volatile measures Expectations of returns are in the mid-20 per cent range but if volatility expands ...

Sub-prime currency fall-out

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... US$84-plus zone. Prices like these are way beyond what market watchers think is reasonable. "These are ridiculously high oil prices and should come down shortly," said a CommSec spokesperson on SKY Business News this morning. With the Australian dollar ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after a weak lead from Wall Street, as surging oil prices and a tumbling dollar rekindled inflation worries. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after a weak lead from Wall Street overnight, although oil prices rose to another record. At 0713 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was down five points at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... market in that respect," he said. US stocks jumped overnight on an optimistic outlook for technology shares and gains in oil prices that lifted energy shares. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 91.12 points, or 0.68 per cent, to end at 13,448.86. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... index closed at 5,592.53 points, up 72.51 or 1.31 per cent. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.88 per cent as higher oil prices pushed up energy stocks and trading firms, while TDK Corp gained on its plan to buy Thai-based Magnecomp Precision Technology. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... and the S&P 500 rose more than two per cent overnight, buoyed by the energy sector which benefited from a surge in oil prices. At 0734 AEST, the September Share Price Index on the Sydney futures exchange was up 96 points to 6,198 on 2,801 contracts. ...

The big bounce

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... bounce of its own today following a rally in US transport stocks. There were sighs of relief all around and a dip in oil prices as Hurricane Dean missed the Mexican Gulf Oil installations. Just before Wall Street opened on Friday the US Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... by reassuring investors that problems in mortgage lending and corporate finance would not drag the broader economy. Oil prices rose in a stabilising move after Monday's slide of 4.5 per cent and lifted energy shares in Tuesday's session. Financial shares ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... three years. However some emerging economies face rising inflation pressures especially from energy and food prices. Oil prices have climbed back towards record highs due to limited spare production capacity. Likewise supply shortages and increased use ...