All Ordinaries Index
major index of Australian stocks the major index of Australian stocks, comprising more than 300 of the most active Australian companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
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Stock indexing, where investment portfolios mimic or replicate market indexes, has profound implications for both firms and investors. The practice stems from theoretical research which suggests that markets are informationally efficient. Since security prices generally reflect all public information, there is no point in employing active fund management and paying for investment research if there is no prospect of reliably beating the market
By Martin Gold
Transport & Communications is the most optimistic among all sectors in the non-hydrocarbon segment for the second consecutive quarter. Dun & Bradstreet sponsored by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority A leading indicator of turning points in economic activity, this quarterly survey from Dun & Bradstreet covers Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2012
By Dun & Bradstreet
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are a relatively new investment product, but they are very important for both institutional and retail investors. ETFs are hybrids of ordinary corporate stocks and open-ended mutual funds which invest in baskets of shares that closely replicate the performance and risk levels of specific broad sector and international indexes
By Gerasimos G. Rompotis
The management of a pension fund has to make decisions about its strategic asset allocation, its contributions policy, and its indexing policy in a context of acceptable financial risk. It has to meet the return requirements necessary to improve benefit payments on the one hand, and to stay in line
By Ruud Kleynen
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