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Remember the economy’s return to growth last quarter? Well, it wasn’t as energetic as first thought.

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A range bound stock market has left some investors on the sidelines waiting for the next rally
We conducted a study of historical returns for the S&P 500 between 1928 and 2009 to test the benefits and detriments of timing the market
Avoiding the ten worst months resulted in an annualised 8.3% return, versus the annualised 5.1% return for remaining invested from 1928 t… more

EQUITY markets globally are more than fully priced for an economic rebound, says the chief investment officer of Bank Julius Baer.
‘Cheap money alone does not sustain (markets),’ says V Anantha-Nageswaran. ‘When you get an 85 per cent return in six months that used to take three years, a lot of good news is already in prices. We should not take risk at this stage – particularly in developed market… more

(SINGAPORE) A gold company in Singapore which is promising up to 24 per cent returns a year has become something of a talking point among some netizens.
The generous return is offered by Genneva Pte Ltd, which began operations in Singapore last year and has offices at Orchard Towers and Far East Shopping Centre.
The firm is also connected to a Malaysian company which is currently being investigate… more

Reuters – Wall Street was set to enjoy a positive return to trading on Tuesday after the Labor Day holiday, according to stock index futures.

Where do you see this?
In investment-related articles.
What do they mean?
Structured deposits typically offer returns that are potentially higher than those on traditional fixed deposits. A structured deposit is a combination of a deposit and an investment product, where the return is dependent on the performance of some underlying financial instruments. These include market indexes, equities, int… more

An uneven Wall Street provided the backdrop, as did a volatile Europe that wrestled with an earnings season that has thus far yielded no major shocks or surprises. CMC Markets analyst Henry Pek probably summed it up best in a report yesterday titled The Return to Happy Days? when he wrote ‘markets are trading ahead of a recovery phase that is yet to be determined’.
IT was probably a case of ‘buy i… more

In currency trading, pre-Lehman levels were reestablished in several key data series, boosting risk appetite and even prompting a partial return to fundamentals. In the first half of the week, this trend boosted equities and commodities, weakening the dollar and yen against the major European and commodity-related pairs, with the…

Regulators sued the head of a Kuwaiti investment firm seeking the return of millions of dollars made after false takeover rumors pushed up the shares of two American companies.

CAN you spot a good investment? How about a bad one?

Try this: A trusted bank advertises a 5per cent return.

Its expenses are zero so your return of 5percent plus 0 per cent for expenses equals 5 per cent total return.

It’s good. A 5 per cent total return is high enough to be attractive but not so high as to be risky. Even if you add 1 per cent for sales charges, it is still good.

Is there… more