For example,
an Australian shares index fund may invest in a wide range of companies and property trusts listed on the ASX and aim to match the return of the ASX300 index.
In Australia, ordinary ETFs are «passive» investments that track an asset or market index (for example, the ASX200
Australian share index).
Not exact matches
The
Australian share market has opened higher following a positive lead from Wall Street, with the S&P / ASX200
index reaching a new record intraday high of 5,502.30 at 1034 AEDT, breaking the previous peak set on November 7 of 5,496.30.
The
Australian share market has closed at its highest level in six weeks, wrapping up April with a run of gains that has added 230 points to the benchmark
index since March.
The
Australian share market is at its highest level in almost 10 years, with the benchmark S&P / ASX200
index closing 1 per cent higher today and the Western Australia - focused BN30
index jumping 1.8 per cent to a new high.
The
Australian share market or
S&P / ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO)(ASX: XJO)
index is expected to open nearly as flat as a pancake Thursday morning, according...
Australian shares were up a touch ahead of a Reserve Bank of Australia statement on monetary policy, while Japan's Nikkei stock
index slid 0.16 percent.
The net effect of recent developments is that
Australian share prices have fallen by 3 per cent since the previous Statement, similar to the net falls in the S&P 500 and MSCI World
indices over the same period (Graph 45).
Constant government advocacy of lower food prices for consumers, without any reference to farm gate price
share and the Consumer Price
Index, is having a significant impact on producer and processor margins and is a major threat to future participation by
Australian farmers particularly in the fruit and vegetable, milk and bread sectors.
The chart above shows the annualised inflation - adjusted
index returns for
Australian shares, fixed interest, and cash on a pre-tax basis, together with how those returns changed with the impact of taxes for two different types of taxpayers; superannuation funds (in accumulation mode) and an individual on the highest marginal tax rate (MTR).
A financial product issued by a bank or other financial institution which gives you the right to buy
shares (or currency, an
index or a commodity) at a set price within a specified time and traded on the
Australian Securities Exchange.
The
Australian share market is heavily weighted toward the financial and mining sectors, which account for about 60 % of the ASX200
index.
Figure 2: Comparative performance for major
Australian, US and All - World
share market
indices (29 February 2008 - 21 February 2018)
Here is the performance of «Vanguard
Index Australian Shares Fund».
For example, a capital protected investment linked to the top 200
Australian shares may pay investors a return equal to 80 % of the cumulative growth in the S&P / ASX 200
share index over 5 years.