20 August 2008 | David Potts. | The Australian Financial Review
The average rebound from a bear-market bottom is 32 per cent - don't miss the boat, writes David Potts.
20 August 2008 | DAVID POTTS | The Australian Financial Review
In case you hadn't noticed, there's no such thing as a defensive sector in the sharemarket anymore
20 August 2008 | Stephen Calder | The Australian Financial Review
Volatility combined with a downward market trend have thoroughly spooked shareholders to the point where many have moved capital out of the markets.
20 August 2008 | Adrian Rollins | The Australian Financial Review
As evidence builds of a sharp deceleration in economic growth, it is increasingly likely one of the problems that won't be taxing investors and policymakers as much in the next two years is inflation.
20 August 2008 | Glenn Mumford | The Australian Financial Review
Equity markets have changed
20 August 2008 | Sally Patten | The Australian Financial Review
Broker Merrill Lynch yesterday downgraded its 2009 and 2010 earnings forecasts for financial adviser network Count Financial by between 2 and 4 per cent due to volatile markets.
20 August 2008 | Trevor Hoey | The Australian Financial Review
In a skittish market, earnings predictability is highly valued
20 August 2008 | Michelle Singer | The Australian Financial Review
A tough housing market and a conservative profit guidance for the coming year has resulted in mixed views on the outlook for well-regarded property group Stockland.
20 August 2008 | Tracy Lee | The Australian Financial Review
Telstra may have missed its target of migrating 5 million customers to its new billing system by the June 30 deadline, but despite the usual consumer complaints about service and analyst mutterings about its high capital expenditure bill, the stock has shown resilience in a time of high market volatility.
20 August 2008 | Gabriella Hold | The Australian Financial Review
The beauty of investing in small caps is that investors are not limited to the financials/resources debate that continues to dominate the larger end of the market.
20 August 2008 | John Wasiliev | The Australian Financial Review
One of the common do-it-yourself super strategies recommended by advisers, especially for clients who have retired before the age of 65, is making a lump sum withdrawal and then recontributing this as a non-concessional or after-tax contribution.
20 August 2008 | Stephen Calder | The Australian Financial Review
Derivatives traders - in particular contracts for difference traders - often wring profits out of difficult markets using a strategy known as pairs trading, which tends to reduce market risk and may allow longer-term positions to be taken in volatile markets.
20 August 2008 | The Australian Financial Review
Chinese nominal fixed asset investment grew 29.6 per cent in July compared with July 2007
20 August 2008 | The Australian Financial Review
Supply chains are increasingly global and complex, and a McKinsey Quarterly survey found companies are aware that supply-chain risk is rising sharply
13 August 2008 | Bina Brown | The Australian Financial Review
The overwhelming amount of money sitting in default superannuation funds is testament to the apparent apathy most Australians have towards their retirement savings.
13 August 2008 | Bina Brown | The Australian Financial Review
It is a well-documented human behaviour that when faced with a difficult choice people often opt to make no choice at all, or prefer others to make the choice for them.
13 August 2008 | Trevor Hoey | The Australian Financial Review
Smaller companies are hitting back at the sellers with profits to impress the doubters, writes Trevor Hoey.
13 August 2008 | Noelle Waugh | The Australian Financial Review
Office products supplier Corporate Express Australia is poised to benefit from the recent sale of its Dutch parent to US office products giant Staples, as it moves to boost sales after posting a weak first-half result.
13 August 2008 | John Wasiliev | The Australian Financial Review
Temporary residents from overseas who wish to take retirement saving seriously while working in Australia have been given a break from tough new rules that would have totally discouraged them.
13 August 2008 | Glenn Mumford | The Australian Financial Review
There are lies, damned lies - and then there are inflation statistics
13 August 2008 | Michael Vaughan | The Australian Financial Review
The resources sector has offered investors some of the biggest returns in recent years as the China-led commodity boom took hold.
13 August 2008 | Gabriella Hold | The Australian Financial Review
At first glance, micro-cap stocks may not seem the most palatable investment choice for the prudent long-term investor.
13 August 2008 | The Australian Financial Review
The credit crunch has sent investment banks down a bumpy path for the first half of 2008
13 August 2008 | The Australian Financial Review
Oil prices inched upwards from a 14-week low as concerns about crude oil supplies arose due to the Russia-Georgia conflict before sliding again.
06 August 2008 | Sue Mitchell, Ben Wilmot, Nabilla Ahmed, Paul Garvey, Jane Searle, Nina Wan,Vesna Poljak and Noelle Waugh | The Australian Financial Review
The AFR takes a look at the longer-term prospects for some of Australia's major companies.
06 August 2008 | Glenn Mumford | The Australian Financial Review
There's a list of positives I'll draw on when I'm looking to support my view on equities
06 August 2008 | Noelle Waugh | The Australian Financial Review
Investors may be forced to hold out for guidance from media executives on the outlook for the weakening local advertising market, but they will be looking to profit-reporting season for clear indicators on how best placed companies are to weather a tougher spending environment.
06 August 2008 | Staff reporter | The Australian Financial Review
Emerging sharemarkets continue to slide due to global economic concerns, reducing the three-year gains of some regions to single digits for the first time in several years.
06 August 2008 | Trevor Hoey | The Australian Financial Review
While the prices of base metals such as nickel, copper and zinc have been fluctuating wildly, the surge in iron ore and coal prices means the share prices of most producers and near-term emerging players have been re-rated in recent months.
06 August 2008 | Simon Evans | The Australian Financial Review
Poker-machine maker Aristocrat Leisure is rapidly turning into a sharemarket pariah, with yet another profit downgrade last week that followed 24 hours after the announcement that chief executive Paul Oneile would exit in December.
The US appears to be putting its houses - Fannie and Freddie - in order, writes Glenn Mumford.
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