Focus on fundamentals imperative as market upheaval continues

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“Jittery investors are struggling to respond to market volatility and must accept that capital preservation is now a real risk.” This is the view of Joel Gray, Portfolio Manager at... Read more continue reading

Investors wary about world economy as Fed keeps rates steady

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Many may have thought steady US rates would be good news for global markets, but not so, says George Lucas, managing director Instreet Investment. The Fed’s failure to raise rates... Read more continue reading

Reality check for Australia’s new PM: Living standards have fallen 1.4% a year since 2011, says AB

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Political opinion polls and consumer sentiment data in Australia have surged in the two weeks since Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister, but global asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB) questioned today whether... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 25 September, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week It’s been another volatile week in financial markets with most share markets (except Chinese shares) dragged lower as global growth worries... Read more continue reading

Aussies have never been wealthier

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Financial Accounts; Population Total household wealth (net worth) stood at a record $8,416.8 billion at the end of June 2015, up $225.5 billion or 2.8 per cent over the quarter.... Read more continue reading

The FOMC script – Another change and fruther delay in normalisation

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The Fed decided to delay the normalisation of official rates—primarily because of global financial and economic uncertainty, which, in its view, temporarily overshadowed stronger labor markets and a better-than-expected domestic... Read more continue reading

Aussie shareholders prepare for big payouts

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Economic and Financial market perspectives Cash payouts: Over the next two months, conservatively around $22 billion (or around 1.4 per cent of GDP) will be paid out by companies in... Read more continue reading

Certainty for investors lies ahead

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While market volatility is likely to continue, investors could have several good reasons to feel more certainty leading to confidence over the next several weeks, depending on reaction to economic... Read more continue reading

Fed on hold with dovish commentary

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Following the most anticipated and hotly debated Fed meeting in years the Fed has decided to leave interest rates on hold. More importantly, the commentary around the decision was relatively... Read more continue reading

Putting recent share market falls in context

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Key points Periods of declines and volatility in share markets are a normal part of the way they work. Share market falls tend to be deepest when associated with recession... Read more continue reading