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Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... to a reading of 17.01. That's what the sum of all the markets' fears equal to at present. And oh, Cyprus' General Market Index even ended 0.22%... in the green. Yup, Cyprus, the country which also suffered a bank run two years ago as it negotiated a ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... this day, MSCI is expected to reveal all -- whether it will include China's "A-shares" into its benchmark Emerging Market Index. Though doubts remain whether MSCI would actually announce the inclusion of China's stocks in its index tomorrow (or this ...

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... mutual fund. April data showed that PIMCO's Total Return Fund was holding $110.4 billion, while Vanguard's Total Bond Market Index Fund held $117.3 billion. PIMCO's funds have experienced outflows since the surprise exit of its co-founder and manager ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... 2.39); industrial production edged up a lower than expected 0.1% last month following January's 0.3% decline; housing market index weakened to 53 in March versus 55 in Feb and expectations of 56 - and voila!, the Fed would need to extend its patience ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... quantitative easing in the eurozone, with Frankfurt topping 12,000 points for the first time. Germany's leading stock market index smashed through the psychologically important level, one week after the European Central Bank began its 1.14-trillion-euro ...

Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Australian investors' strong focus on yield is distorting asset prices and increasing the risk of falling into a "yield trap," PM Capital head of distribution Rob Thompson said. The focus on yield is compromising the risk/reward proposition and introducing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... confidence rose by four points to 58, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Germany's DAX 30 rose 1.6 per cent as investor confidence in Europe's biggest economy jumped back into positive territory in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... confidence rose by four points to 58, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Germany's DAX 30 rose 1.6 per cent as investor confidence in Europe's biggest economy jumped back into positive territory in ...

Beware high correlations: AQR

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... do; hedge funds appear to have high correlations to traditional assets and little added value versus a wider equity market index. This, he explained, is because there are many managers who have been attracted to the hedge fund industry by the opportunity ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... The PSE index has soared by 16.8%this year to date. This compares with gains of 1.6% and 1.7% for the MSCI Emerging market index and the MSCI World index, respectively. The inflow of funds into the Philippine stock market had, no doubt, been boosted ...