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

Weekly market update – week ending 18 May, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets were mixed over the last week with Eurozone and Japanese shares up helped by weakness in their currencies,... Read more continue reading

More Aussies find jobs and work longer hours

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Labour force; Airfares Employment rose by 22,600 in April after a 700 job decline in March (previously reported as a rise of 4,900 jobs). Full-time jobs rose by 32,700 while... Read more continue reading