A tonic for turbulent times: Dr Oliver’s Nine Tips for investing

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Dr Shane Oliver, AMP’s long-standing Chief Economist and member of the AMP Investments team, has witnessed numerous economic cycles and market events in his more than 35 years as a

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17 Jun 2022

The RBA hikes rates again with more to go – but falling confidence and home prices will limit RBA tightening

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Key points The RBA has hiked the cash rate again – by 0.5% taking it to 0.85% and continues to signal more rate hikes ahead. We expect the cash rate

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09 Jun 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 3 June, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets mostly rose again in the past week as the rebound from oversold levels continued partly on hopes that some cooling in demand will

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06 Jun 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 27 May, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets saw a bit of relief in the past week – bouncing of oversold lows helped by less hawkish than feared comments from the

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30 May 2022

Australia’s new Government – what does it mean for investors?

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Key points The absence of significant macro policy differences between the new Labor Government and the Coalition suggests minimal impact on the share market & the $A. There could be

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24 May 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 20 May, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments It was another volatile week in share markets with worries that rate hikes, cost pressures and Chinese supply disruptions would hit profits after downgrades from

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23 May 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 13 May, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets fell again over the last week with ongoing worries about monetary tightening to combat high inflation driving a possible recession. The plunge in

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16 May 2022

Another five great charts on investing that are very useful in times of uncertainty like the present

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Key points Successful investing can be really difficult in times of uncertainty like now making it important to stay focussed on the basic principles of investing. Here are another five

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11 May 2022

The RBA starts raising rates – how far and how fast? And what does it mean for investors?

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Key points The RBA has hiked the cash rate by 0.25% taking it to 0.35% and signalling more rate hikes ahead. We expect the cash rate to rise to 1.5%

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05 May 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 29 April, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets had another volatile week with worries about central bank rate hikes and Chinese covid lockdowns depressing global growth but generally good earnings news.

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02 May 2022