Higher oil prices spells bad news for motorists

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Weekly petrol prices, Job advertisements, Monthly inflation, CPI reweighting Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 2.1 cents last week... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 3 November, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While US and Chinese shares slipped over the last week, Eurozone, Japanese and Australian shares pushed higher. The Australian All Ords... Read more continue reading

What Powell’s Fed nomination means for markets

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Andrew Szczurowski,  Portfolio Manager, Global Income Group  and Eric Stein,  Co-Director of Global Income at Eaton Vance, a global investment manager believe “Powell as a perfect fit for President Trump’s pro-growth agenda, as... Read more continue reading

Another year, another Future2 Challenge!

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The blurb says that “Mount Anne Circuit is one of the world’s great bushwalking challenges. It combines all the elements for a wilderness epic: a spectacular objective, sub alpine crags,... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 27 October, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While US shares fell slightly over the last week on some mixed earnings results most share markets rose with Eurozone shares... Read more continue reading

Legg Mason on ‘Trumparound’

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Legg Mason on ‘’ Legg Mason, a leading global fund manager, presents a global bond update. They comment: Global bond markets suffered a sharp turnaround, mostly driven by expectations that... Read more continue reading

Trump takes on US tax system – What’s it mean for investors? 

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Since the election of President Trump in November last year, markets have had an on-again off-again love affair with the prospects for comprehensive tax reform. With both houses of Congress... Read more continue reading

Asset class review: thoughts on what markets are telling us and how to position a multi-asset portfolio

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Political uncertainty is looming over financial markets. The spectre of further events on the Korean peninsula, the threat of a US debt crisis, and the ongoing Brexit negotiations all present... Read more continue reading

Petrol pain; More unemployed 

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Weekly petrol prices; Census; Chinese property Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 1.5 cents to 127.4 cents a litre.... Read more continue reading

Will European politics break the market calm?

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Eric Stein, Co-Director of Global Income,  Eaton Vance, a global investment manager, notes that markets have been seemingly impervious to negative headlines and volatility, but emerging political uncertainty in Europe might... Read more continue reading