Weekly market update – week ending 16 April, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Japanese shares fell -0.3% over the last week and Chinese shares lost -1.4%, US shares rose 1.4% to a new

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Weekly market update – week ending

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Japanese fell -0.3% over the last week and Chinese share fell -2.4%, US shares rose 2.7% to a new record

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RBA on hold and likely to remain easy for a long while yet as full employment gets more of a look in

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Key points The RBA left the cash rate at 0.1% at its April meeting. While the economy is recovering faster than expected the conditions for a rate hike – actual

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Market outlook Q&A – global recovery, vaccines, inflation, the risk of a share crash, Aust house prices and other issues

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Key points Global recovery is on track. Vaccines are working. JobKeeper’s end won’t derail Australia’s recovery. Inflation could become an issue in the medium term. Shares are at risk of

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AMP announces new MyNorth partnered managed portfolios

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AMP has partnered with leading Queensland advice practice Coral Coast, and Mercer, to create a new range of partnered managed portfolios. The five new diversified risk-based portfolios, tailored to the

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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

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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

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Helping women rebuild for retirement post COVID

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As optimism grows that the worst of COVID-19 might just be behind us, it bears reminding that in 2020 over 3 million Australians withdrew more than $36 billion in retirement

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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

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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

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