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UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... expense of hardware manufacturers and has taken a long position on the NASDAQ and a short position in the Taiwanese stock market. "Our aim is to achieve 5% above cash so we have to take some risk," continued Stern. "The best way to think of GARS is as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... Standard & Poor's 500 was down four points at 1,552. The Nasdaq composite had dropped 3.74 points to 1,552.48. The stock market has surged this year as investors became encouraged by a recovery in the housing market and a pickup in hiring. Strong corporate ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... Year: Marc Faber" (but what else could you expect from Marc?). These tales of woes and caution suggest to me that the stock market has not reached terminal velocity yet. It's when each and every headline tells you not to worry and go buy, buy, buy that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to begin the week higher, following gains on US and European markets due to encouraging US jobs data. The US unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent, data released on Friday showed. At 0759 AEDT on Monday, the March share ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... lifting sales and profitability among domestic companies. Japanese exporters also benefit, profits increase and the stock market continues to rally, raising business and household confidence and encouraging more spending. The plan is that the Abe government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains in US and European stocks after the British and European central banks kept their rates on hold. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 20 points at ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... to MFS Investment Management's Robert Manning, who believes the success of the world's largest economy will drive stock market returns globally. Manning, who is chairman and chief executive at the funds management business, said that while risk-averse ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... 2.13%. What happens when the Fed stops buying? It may well be that the Fed is blowing another bubble into the US stock market and that Australia's is priced just right. But as in all other bubbles, we won't know until it bursts. I think it is Wall Street ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing that gains that reached a four-and-a-half year high and as the Dow Jones extends its record-breaking run. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... alarmingly high inflation rate of 6.2% in Brazil and only 3.3% in Mexico. The underlying reason for the Venezuelan stock market's parabolic rise over the past few years was Chavez. Venezuelan shares started their march higher back in mid-2011 following ...