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Japan’s equity markets are on a tear. The Nikkei shot up 8% in just the last five days and is about to hit the 15,000 points mark.
With a push from improved performance of domestic businesses, the equities pendulum has swung back to the U.S. market.
Canadian investors are holding 13% of their money in GICs and a full 11% don’t know what they are invested in, shows an Edward Jones poll. Among Canadians who have investments, including those with RRSPs and TFSAs, the majority own mutual funds (41%), followed by stocks (14%), and closely followed by GICs (13%). Read: Leave […]
Hedge funds posted positive returns in April as most markets trended upwards during the month, shows a study by Eurekahedge, an investment data provider. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 1.09% during the month, while the MSCI World Index gained 2.02% for the same period. Read: Hedge fund firm settles with SEC for $21.5 […]
Shaking off the effects of falling Asian and European stock markets, U.S. equities registered gains and even hit new highs. An improvement in investor sentiment caused by positive U.S. payroll data resulted in the S&P 500 trading 0.3% higher by midday Monday to 1,619.44, reports FT.com. However, global stocks on the FTSE All World index […]
IIROC has requested assistance for Phase 3 of its high-frequency trading study.
For all its dominance in the fields of innovation and economy, the U.S. leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to its stock markets’ performance. The country ranked 39th for its annualized performance, returning 7.32%, far behind Colombia which returned 36.72% and barely six notches higher than debt-ravaged Greece, which is the only […]
The favourable active management environment of 2012 has extended into 2013 with 79% of large cap Canadian equity investment managers beating the S&P/TSX Composite Index in the first quarter, notes the Russell Canadian Active Manager Report. That compares to 81% in the fourth quarter of 2012, which was the highest in eight and a half […]
High frequency trading and Twitter can prove to be a lethal cocktail for financial markets. It’s hard to argue recent market volatility triggered by a fake White House tweet didn’t get snowballed by high-speed computerized trading leading to a “flash crash” that briefly knocked $140 billion off the S&P 500, reports FT.com. High-frequency trading in […]