Weekly market update – week ending 2 April, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were messy and mixed over the last week with US shares down on some soft economic data, Australian shares... Read more continue reading

Reserve Bank keeps powder dry

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The cash rate has left at a record low of 2.25 per cent. The door has been left open to another rate cut. What does it... Read more continue reading

What is risk in investing?

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Key points Risk is often portrayed as just market volatility when in reality it’s a whole lot more, notably: the risk of capital loss; the risk of not having enough... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 27 March, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have had a rough week with uncertainty about the Fed, profit taking in US tech stocks, nervousness ahead of... Read more continue reading

Commercial property on Reserve Bank radar screen

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Financial Stability Review Reserve Bank (RBA) warning: “…risks in housing and commercial property markets are rising in association with fast price growth in some cities, heightened investor activity and strong... Read more continue reading

CBA Economics: State and Territory Perspectives

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Most economic commentary is focussed on the national outcome. The State and Territory Perspectives report digs below the surface and compares outcomes across various regions and covers the macroeconomic trends in... Read more continue reading

Consumers: More confident, better off

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Consumer confidence; Standard of living Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 0.5 per cent in the week to March 22 to a reading of 111.4,... Read more continue reading

Economy-wide spending continues to slow

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index Economy-wide spending grew for the 43 consecutive month in February, but the pace of growth slowed to a crawl in the month. The Commonwealth Bank... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending March 20, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Indications from the US Federal Reserve that it is not in a hurry to raise interest rates dominated financial markets over... Read more continue reading

China – the usual worries, but no boom and no bust

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Key points Chinese economic data is off to a soft start this year. However, there are reasons for optimism that growth this year will still come in “around 7%”. Monetary... Read more continue reading