Weekly market update – week ending 31 August, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most share markets rise helped by US shares pushing further into record territory, but gains were capped... Read more continue reading

Insight Investment’s global economic outlook for the week ahead (week beginning 27 August 2018)

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The Jackson Hole symposium will be the main highlight this week in the USA in what will otherwise be a relatively light week for data This week’s calendar is relatively... Read more continue reading

Petrol near $1.50 a litre, but more affordable

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Weekly Petrol prices Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell from two-month highs last week, down by 4.6 cents to 145.2... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 24 August, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most global share markets rise as Turkey slipped out of the headlines, but Australian shares were hit... Read more continue reading

Australian farming sector holding up, despite drought

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Drought in New South Wales and Queensland is becoming increasingly severe but overall, Australia’s farming sector is holding up well, a leading farmland investor says. Growth Farms Australia Managing Director... Read more continue reading

Global dividends soar to new record

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Global dividends jumped 12.9% year-on-year in the second quarter to $497.4bn, comfortably hitting a new record, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index. Payments rose in almost every region... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 17 August, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had a bit of a messy ride over the last week – first falling on worries about Turkey and... Read more continue reading

No delight for Turkish Lira with Trump’s sanctions and tariff threats

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur, takes a look at how Trump’s sanctions and a threat of tariffs on Turkish exports to the US are propelling the downdraft... Read more continue reading

Female earnings growth outpaces males

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Average weekly earnings Wages lift: Average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE) rose by 2.4 per cent in the year to May, unchanged from the annual growth rate in November. But the... Read more continue reading

Australian markets are becoming complacent

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Volatility has died down since the dramatic spike witnessed in February 2018, but a return to near-historic lows should raise eyebrows among investors. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX Index, a measure... Read more continue reading