Weekly economic and market update – week ending 16 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were buffeted again by higher inflation and mixed messages from various central banks over the last week. While US

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Five ways to turn down the noise and stay focused as an investor

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Key points A surge in financial information and opinion along with our natural inclination to focus on bad news is arguably making us worse investors: more fearful & short term.

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North expands its managed portfolio options with new additions to its ESG and Zenith ranges

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AMP has announce the expansion of North’s managed portfolio offer with the addition of new options to both the MyNorth Sustainable and Zenith ranges. Moderately Conservative and Moderately Aggressive risk

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 9 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell over the last week, mainly on the back of worries that a resurgence of new coronavirus cases will

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AMP sells AMP Capital GEFI business to Macquarie

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AMP Limited has announced it has entered into a binding agreement with Macquarie Asset Management to sell AMP Capital’s Global Equities and Fixed Income (GEFI) business for a consideration of

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2020-21 saw investment returns rebound – expect more modest but still good returns this financial year

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Key points 2020-21 saw investment returns rebound after the coronavirus hit depressed 2019-20 returns. Key lessons for investors from 2020-21 were to: allow that share markets look ahead; timing markets

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 2 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While the US share market rose over the last week, other global share markets fell with concerns about a renewed rise

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The never-ending coronavirus pandemic – why snap lockdowns in Australia make sense until herd immunity is reached

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Key points Snap lockdowns in Sydney, Perth and Queensland are likely to cost the economy $2.5bn, but like previous snap lockdowns are unlikely to derail the recovery. Australia has little

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 25 June, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rebounded over the past week with US shares rising 2.7% to a new record high helped by calming

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Central banks heading towards the easing exits – five reasons not to be too concerned

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Key points The gradual shift of central banks including the Fed and RBA towards an exit from monetary easing has caused some volatility in investment markets. We continue to expect

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