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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 17 October, 2025

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global shares were mixed over the past week with US and European shares recovering some of their sharp falls in the prior week but continuing

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20 Oct 2025

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 10 October, 2025

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global share markets mostly rose again over the last week. US shares had a few wobbles on concerns about excessive valuations and a possible AI

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13 Oct 2025

Bubble trouble – is AI enthusiasm driving a bubble in shares?

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points Rich share market valuations are warning of the risk of a pullback in shares amidst fears of a bubble and it’s possible that enthusiasm for AI has run

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09 Oct 2025

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 3 October, 2025

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Share markets rose strongly over the last week, with optimism for further US rate cuts offsetting the start of another US partial government shutdown. Helped

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07 Oct 2025

Advisers tip managed portfolios into the mainstream: North launches inaugural insights report

From North

Key points Newly-launched biannual report by North explores why 2025 is a tipping point for managed account adoption 24.6% annual increase in AUM for managed accounts in Australia, rising to

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02 Oct 2025

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 26 September, 2025

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Despite a bounce on Friday US shares fell 0.3% over the last week as expectations for Fed rate cuts were wound back, but Eurozone shares

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29 Sep 2025

Medium term investment returns face five key constraints

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points Five mega trends still point to risks of a more inflation prone/lower growth environment than pre-pandemic. These are: a move away from economic rationalist policies; the reversal of

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24 Sep 2025

Half of us financially insecure about retirement

From AMP

AMP has launched the Retirement Confidence Pulse, a new national barometer tracking how financially confident Australians feel about life after work. The inaugural Pulse score is 50/100 – a wake-up

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23 Sep 2025

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 19 September, 2025

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global shares mostly rose over the last week as the Fed resumed cutting rates. US, European and Japanese shares all rose but Chinese shares fell

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22 Sep 2025

Gold at record highs – can it keep going? Implications for investors

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points The gold price has surged to record highs. Key drivers have been central banks increasing their gold reserves, rate cuts, a renewed downtrend in the $US and demand

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17 Sep 2025

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