U.S. Fed thoughts – 31 October, 2019

From

David Lafferty, Chief Market Strategist at Natixis Investment Managers, shares his thoughts on the potential outcome of the October FOMC meeting:  90% chance the Fed will cut “Based on futures... Read more continue reading

Insight Weekly Multi-Asset update – week beginning 28 October, 2019

From

Market and economic review Last week was a positive one for equities, with price reaction to earnings generally positive across the board (see below). In contrast, global government bond yields... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 25 October, 2019

From

Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw major share markets push higher helped by generally good US earnings reports, benign geopolitical news and optimism... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States: October 2019

From

Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment; construction work... Read more continue reading

CommSec Research: Strongest growth in Canberra job vacancies in 3 years

From

Skilled job vacancies Skilled job vacancies: In trend terms, the Internet Vacancy Index decreased by 0.7 per cent in September – the 9th successive monthly fall. The index is 7.1... Read more continue reading

Federal Budget back in the red

From

Monthly Financial Statements Budget position: Just over a week ago the July and August financial statements were released by the Department of Finance. In this report we look behind the... Read more continue reading

Insight Multi-Asset weekly update – week beginning 21 October, 2019

From

Market and economic review Last week was characterised by relatively light trading volumes across markets. There was similarly limited progress in the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China.... Read more continue reading

Insight Multi-Asset weekly update – week beginning 15 October, 2019

From

Market and economic review Positive developments in both trade and Brexit result in a strong week for equities Despite last week beginning with a series of negative headlines around the... Read more continue reading

Vacancy rates dip in September

From

Data released by SQM Research yesterday has revealed the national residential vacancy rate edged lower to 2.1% in September 2019, down from 2.2% in August, with the number of vacancies... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 11 October, 2019

From

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Investment markets were whipsawed over the past week by conflicting reports regarding prospects for the latest US/China face to face trade... Read more continue reading