Tapering: Where others see risk, William Blair sees opportunity

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Fears of stability across the globe around tapering are creating significant investment opportunities in countries like India, Thailand, the Ukraine, Venezuela and Argentina, according to William Blair’s Head of Dynamic

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Dalton Nicol Reid Market Update

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In a continuation of recent trends the US market was soft last week with all asset classes weak – gold, bonds, equities and the A$. The reason ironically is that

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

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The Aussie dollar has fallen in response to a bout of new jitters about Europe and China. The weaker currency has a raft of implications for the Australian economy. CommSec

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BetaShares cautions investors on impact of currency on gold performance

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The strong correlation between gold prices and the Australian dollar has impacted unhedged gold exposures which have consistently under-performed hedged gold exposures historically, analysis by BetaShares shows. For example, while

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Investor Signposts: Week Beginning May 29 2011.

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Upcoming economic and financial market events The big picture Do you ever get that feeling of déjà vu? A year ago the world fretted about European debt, and more specifically,about

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Strategy Monthly: Euro confusion

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Equities appear to have recovered their poise after the four-week correction from mid February to the lows around the time of the terrible events in Japan mid March. Markets have

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BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF quadruples in size in a month

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BetaShares U.S Dollar ETF (ASX Code: USD) AUM reaches $50 million USD consistently ranking as one of top three most actively traded ETFs BetaShares passes $120 million in AUM three

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BetaShares US Dollar ETF debuts as top 10 most traded ETF on ASX

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AUM more than doubled in second week of trading Median trade was A$15,000, indicating pent up demand from retail investors for access to U.S dollar exposure in a simple, transparent

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Investor Signposts: Week Beginning February 13 2011

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The big picture The big issue across the globe at present is inflation. At the start of the year sharply rising food prices prompted riots in Algeria, with dissatisfaction quickly

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BetaShares launches Australia’s first currency ETF

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BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF ASX code: USD ETF tracks performance of US$ relative to the A$ Simple structure opens up foreign exchange markets to retail investors at wholesale rates For

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