Financial advisers seek growth post February volatility

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Financial advisers have refocused their recommendations and research on growth strategies following market volatility in February with property, infrastructure and multi-asset strategies particularly in favour. The renewed focus on growth... Read more continue reading

Fastest growth in Victorian spending in 2 years

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Retail Trade; Building approvals; Consumer sentiment Retail trade: Retail trade rose by 0.6 per cent in February after rising by an upwardly-revised 0.2 per cent in January (previous up 0.1 per... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 29 March, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had another messy week with an early bounce as investors realised that trade war fears were overstated but concerns... Read more continue reading

Share market volatility – Trump and trade war risks

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Key points Worries about the Fed, trade wars (the risk of which has been significantly exaggerated) and President Trump generally have increased the risk around the global outlook but are... Read more continue reading

Global macroeconomic update on the week ahead – week beginning 26 March

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Summary It has been another volatile week for equity markets, with many indices down 4%. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised its policy rate band by 25bp as expected,... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 23 March, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell again over the last week not helped initially by tech stocks (partly due to a privacy breach at... Read more continue reading

The increase in the global cost of capital to bite  

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The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25% as expected to the upper band target of 1.75%, 0.25% higher than that of the RBA cash rate. The Fed rationalised... Read more continue reading

Fed speakers are optimistic ahead of the FOMC meeting, says Principal Global Investors

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Fed funds rate “The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets March 20 to March 21. The market expects the Federal Reserve (Fed) to raise the fed funds rate once to... Read more continue reading

Solid economy-wide spending in February

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index Economy-wide spending remained solid in February. The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI), a measure of economy-wide spending, rose by 1.0 per cent in trend... Read more continue reading

Petrol prices at lowest levels in four months

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Weekly petrol Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 0.9 cents to 133.6 cents a litre in the past week... Read more continue reading