March Quarter shows improved housing affordability

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The March quarter edition of the Adelaide Bank/Real Estate Institute of Australia Housing Affordability Report shows an improvement in housing affordability nationally, with the proportion of median family income required... Read more continue reading

Weekly review and global economic outlook for the week ahead – week commencing 4 June 2018

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Summary Political developments in Italy dominated market performance over the week. Sharp volatility in Italian and other Eurozone equity markets and yields on 2-year Italian government bonds rose to their... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 1 June, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw financial markets dominated yet again by geopolitical developments with first the turmoil in Italy and then US... Read more continue reading

Italy – an idiosyncratic story: Insight Investment

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April LaRusse, head of fixed income investment specialists, at Insight Investment, a leading global fund manager notes about the Italian crisis: “In contrast to the European sovereign crisis, Italy is... Read more continue reading

Record car affordability; Consumer caution

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Consumer sentiment; Car affordability CommSec Car Affordability index: Currently someone on the average wage needs to work for 23.2 weeks to afford a Ford Falcon – the best (lowest) result... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 25 May, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has again seen geopolitical issues dominate with renewed trade worries out of the US, the cancellation of the... Read more continue reading

Robust world growth – not wage growth or trade tensions – cause of market correction

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The Fed put has a lower strike price “It was a common belief under former Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Alan Greenspan that the Fed would rescue the stock market from... Read more continue reading

China on Reserve Bank watch-list

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Reserve Bank speech The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe delivered a speech at the Australia-China Relations Institute in Sydney last night. What does it all mean? Governor Lowe noted that... Read more continue reading

Soaring profits push global dividends to a first-quarter record, though Australia lags behind

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Growing corporate profits pushed global dividends 10.2% higher on headline basis to $244.7bn in the first quarter, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index. The total was a record... Read more continue reading

Key benchmark for Aussie petrol at 3½ year highs

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Weekly petrol prices Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 1.4 cents last week to 143.8 cents per litre.... Read more continue reading