Lowest domestic discount airfares in 2½ years; Chinese business inflation at 2-year lows

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Domestic airfares; China inflation Discount airfares: Discount airfares fell by 0.7 per cent in February after declining by 34.6 per cent in January. Discount fares are down by 4.3 per cent... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 15 February, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rose over the last week helped by optimism on US/China trade talks, progress towards averting a renewed partial... Read more continue reading

Nowhere near a recession

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Capital Market Pulse While we have clearly passed the peak in global growth, we believe that we are nowhere near a recession Risk appetite has recovered since the start of... Read more continue reading

Low petrol price provides a boost for familie

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Weekly Petrol Prices Petrol: According to data from the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average price of unleaded petrol fell by 3.3 cents to 127.4 cents a litre in the... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 8 February, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares were flat to down over the past week not helped by weak economic data and trade uncertainty. Australian shares... Read more continue reading

Parliamentary Inquiry told ALP proposed franking tax credit rebate policy has many unintended consequences

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While the intent of the Labor Party’s (ALP) proposed franking tax credit rebate policy is admirable, the execution is far from it, according to a presenter at this afternoon’s Parliamentary... Read more continue reading

Handicapping the risks for 2019

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What could go wrong for investors this year? In late November we produced our 2019 Outlook for the global economy and capital markets. In December, we highlighted five trends that would likely... Read more continue reading

Traditional sources of diversification failed to mitigate losses as portfolio performance suffered

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Multi-asset funds failed to protect investors from the impact of volatile equity markets in 2018, according to the Natixis Investment Managers Global Portfolio Barometer. Adviser portfolios delivered negative returns across... Read more continue reading

A strong year for dividends globally

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Despite global share markets falling heavily in the last quarter, 2018 was a strong year for dividends across developed markets, with $A1.8 trillion paid out to shareholders, a $200+ billion,... Read more continue reading

Eaton Vance: What’s next for Brexit?

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Brexit, the expected withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, is one of the biggest uncertainties that global investors are wrestling with today. “The exact path to Brexit... Read more continue reading