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
28 Sep 2015

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
25 Sep 2015

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
24 Sep 2015

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
24 Sep 2015

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
21 Sep 2015

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
21 Sep 2015

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
18 Sep 2015

US rate rise is ‘fraught with risk’ for investors in illiquid markets

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While the prospect of an increase in US interest rates is good news from a fundamental point of view the rate rise, when it happens, could prove to be a... Read more continue reading
17 Sep 2015

Markets await Fed response this week

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Investors and business might have got the Prime Minister they wanted in Malcolm Turnbull, but external factors dominated the market yesterday with uncertainty about the US Federal Reserve’s decision on... Read more continue reading
17 Sep 2015

Asian frontier economies face refinancing risks

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Asian frontier-market economies need to refinance a significant amount of external liabilities over the coming year. Their sovereign fundamentals are not too concerning, but the timing isn’t ideal, given the... Read more continue reading
15 Sep 2015