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Market wrap PM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The share market is weaker as another fall in oil prices hits energy stocks. The Brent price of crude oil has touched a fresh four-and-a-half year low after OPEC nations shied away from cutting production to deal with a global oversupply. "The price ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... and India -- had some 'experts' predicting gold 10,000. Just 13 months ago - in April 2013 - when gold went into a bear market, 'Business Insider' published a report headlined " $10,000?! These 8 Gold Ultra-Bulls Have Some Explaining To Do ". They sure ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... that in 2007 when the debt markets "correctly forecasted the coming risks in June 2007, or four months before a major bear market began in October" -- "...bond investors started to migrate away from junk bonds toward more conservative Treasuries (TLT) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... were spooked by a slumping dollar. The index has lost 20 per cent since hitting its peak last month, putting it in a bear market. Hong Kong shed 2.19 per cent, or 467.62 points, to end at 20,887.04 while Seoul skidded 1.42 per cent, or 27.18 points ...

Bear market not a concern for bond holders: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... providing income, capital stability and diversification in a portfolio. Consequently investors should not view a bond bear market with the same level of apprehension as an equity bear market according to Vanguard Investments. While bond returns have ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... we're surely on our way...and a pot of gold awaits (the metaphorical one of course, not the metal that's now in a bear market). Forget the daily servings of eco stats and survey results that only baffle the brain as to whether economies are improving ...

Australian equity managers overlooking value stocks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... including the major banks, Telstra and other defensive stocks like Woolworths. "Investors who are still bruised by the bear market have naturally been crowding into stocks that have a history of good yields, strong balance sheets and solid dividends ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
It's official folks...we now have a bear market -- a bear market in gold, that is. The yellow metal no longer shines Virginia. Gold's spot price closed at US$1484.07 an ounce. That's a 21.8% drop from its all-time closing high of US$1898.25 per ounce ...

Perpetual shares comeback

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... which have improved in line with its share price, he said. With stocks such as Perpetual's, "you want to buy during a bear market and sell them during a bull market," Whitehouse explained. "If there is a bull market around the corner they [Perpetual] ...

Aussie equities to rise another 20% in 2013: Fidelity

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Cheap valuations, high dividend yields, a US and Chinese recovery and even history are on the side of Australian share market investors this year, according to Fidelity head of Australian equities Paul Taylor. With dividends reinvested, the Australian ...