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| | | Leading fund manager QIC has decided to label "commodities" as a separate class in its portfolios after it observed that traditionally uncorrelated markets such as fixed income and equities are starting to behave like each other. The QIC Red Paper found ... |
| | | | ... The Australian share market closed firmly in the black on Friday, driven by a resurgent resources sector after the commodities index posted its biggest weekly gain in 33 years. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 56.2 points, or 1.15 per cent, to 4,931.4 ... |
| | | | ... despite a fall in US stocks overnight. "We're doing well given that the American market was poor last night but the commodities market was very positive and I think that's why BHP and Rio are doing so well today," Mr Heffernan said. "The banks are a ... |
| | | | ... to be approved by the CalPERS Board, which earlier adopted policies for the three other sub-asset classes including commodities, inflation-linked bonds, and forestland," said the fund. "Several components of our new asset class might come into play in ... |
| | | | ... that trend. So why it has done so well in the last 12 months is because of the very strong down trends in equities, commodities, and very strong trends in currencies," said Carson. According to Carson, the fund invests in crops, livestock, energies ... |
| | | | ... of days. The BHP result is part of it, but also they've been heavily sold and they're looking for a bottom to that commodities sell-off in the short term." Spot gold was trading in Sydney at $US795.05 an ounce, up $US4.40 on Friday's local close of $US790.65. ... |
| | | | ... investments in wind, solar and geothermal sectors have performed strongly to offset the lack of exposure to the strong commodities and conventional energy markets," he said. "The World Trust has avoided the US financials meltdown and build exposure to ... |
| | | | This Week's Market Movers (18 - 22 Aug 2008) The dearth of key market moving factors indicates this week that financial market activity will continue to focus on the rapid appreciation of the US dollar against most major currencies and the decline in ... |
| | | | ... and back up again," he said. "It's the sort of day you'd expect given the fact overseas was generally positive and commodities were a bit mixed. "When you get that type of wishy-washy type lead, you're not going to get much action here." Mr Heffernan ... |
| | | | ... however, saying that "inflation has been high, spurred by the earlier increases in the prices of energy and some other commodities." But it also said it expected inflation to moderate later in the year. The Dow rose 331.62, or 2.94 per cent, to 11,615.77. ... |
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