Record housing wealth; watchful Reserve Bank

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RBA Board Minutes; Residential Property Price Indexes Record home values: The total value of Australia’s 10.6 million dwellings was a record $7,724.4 billion in the December quarter with the average... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 12 March, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rebounded over the last week as bond markets settled down a bit helped by central bank action and as... Read more continue reading

Shares have had a very strong rebound since March last year so where are we in the investment cycle?

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Key points The history of cyclical bull markets in shares suggests that the rebound since last March still has a way to go. But it’s normal for the second 12... Read more continue reading

Inflation posing greatest risk to global equities

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2021 continues to shape up as another good year for risk assets like equities but another COVID-19 wave, particularly in Europe, remains a threat, as does the prospect of rising... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 5 March, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While share markets had a strong bounce early in the past week as fears around rising bond yields briefly eased they... Read more continue reading

Bitcoin – it’s not a currency, it’s not a capital asset…so what is it?

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Key points Digital currencies and blockchain technology may have a lot to offer – but that does not mean Bitcoin will be it. Due to extreme volatility, high transaction costs... Read more continue reading

Global vaccination rate key to market performance

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The pace in which the world is able to vaccinate itself will fundamentally determine the ability of the global economy to return to pre COVID-19 levels, rather than fiscal and... Read more continue reading

Biggest lift in Aussie home prices in 17½ years; Record home prices in 53 Aussie regions

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Home prices; Manufacturing activity Home prices: The CoreLogic Home Value Index of national home prices rose by 2.1 per cent in February – the biggest increase since August 2003. Prices... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 26 February, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets fell over the last week as the selloff in bonds accelerated raising concerns about valuations. Bond yields increased... Read more continue reading

Earnings season: On the road back

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Corporate profit reporting season Each ‘earnings season’ or ‘profit-reporting season’ CommSec tracks all the earnings results of S&P/ASX 200 companies to obtain a comprehensive picture of the aggregate health of... Read more continue reading