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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... down 0.49 points (0.02 per cent) after tumbling as low as 2,034.17 earlier in the session. The blue-chip index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 51.28 points lower (0.29 per cent) at 17,801.20, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index tacked ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... and costs in its investment program." Statisticians have also rounded on alpha gatherers. Recent data from S&P Dow Jones Indices showed that the vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmarks across ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... Berkshire Hathaway's $US4.7 billion ($A5.09 billion) takeover of Duracell. After a day of wide swings on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 40.59 points (0.23 per cent) at 17,652.79, topping the previous highest close on Tuesday. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... James Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings which holds a 50.1 per cent stake in Crown. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 indices edged to fresh records after the US economy added 214,000 jobs in October and the ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 reached record highs for the third session in a row. At 0807 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points at ...

Active management under threat from smart ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... investment strategies is being blurred by the new range of index products being brought to market, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices managing director and index committee chairman David Blitzer. Speaking to Financial Standard at the S&P Dow Jones Indices ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... benchmark across virtually all sectors of the market over one, three and five years, the latest data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows. The worst offending sector was International Equities where a staggering 85.97% of active funds underperformed the ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... Wall Street trade as shares of Chinese internet company Alibaba soared following a record initial public offering. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 13.75 points (0.08 per cent) to close on Friday at 17,279.74. The S&P 500 finished down 0.96 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... At the closing bell on Wednesday, the Nasdaq Composite Index stood at 4,586.52, up 34.24 points (0.75 per cent). The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 54.87 (0.32 per cent) to 17,068.74, while the broad-based S&P 500 tacked on 7.34 (0.37 per cent) ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... geopolitical worries weighed on sentiment during the first trading session of a busy week of corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 48.45 points (0.28 per cent) to 17,051.73. The broad-based S&P 500 declined 4.59 (0.23 per ...