Weekly economic and market update – week ending 22 April, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets were mixed over the last week with solid gains initially, helped by strong US earnings results, but a resumption of interest rate concerns

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26 Apr 2022

The 2022 Australian Federal election and investors

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Key points Australian election campaigns tend to result in a period of uncertainty which have seen weak gains on average for shares followed by a bounce once it’s out of

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21 Apr 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 14 April, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets fell over the past week with concerns about inflation and monetary tightening continuing to weigh. For the holiday shortened week US shares

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19 Apr 2022

Australian housing slowdown Q&A – What impact will higher interest rates have? How far will prices fall?

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Key points Australian home prices are likely to fall by 10% to 15% into 2024 primarily as a result of poor affordability and rising interest rates. The negative wealth effect

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14 Apr 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 8 April, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets fell over the last week mainly on the back of hawkish central banks and ever rising bond yields. Australian shares also fell

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11 Apr 2022

Five great charts on investing that are particularly useful in times of uncertainty like the present

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Key points Successful investing can be very difficult in times like the present with immense uncertainty around inflation, interest rates, war in Ukraine & continuing covid waves. This makes it

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06 Apr 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 25 March, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets were mixed over the past week with uncertainty over the war in Ukraine, a rebound in oil prices, increased Fed hawkishness and a

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28 Mar 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 18 March, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments The past week saw share markets rebound helped by optimism about a peace deal in Ukraine, a fall back in oil prices, relief that the

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21 Mar 2022

The US Federal Reserve starts raising interest rates – implications for Australia and investors

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Key points The Fed has finally joined other central banks in raising interest rates, taking the Fed Funds rate from a range of 0-0.25% to 0.25-0.5%. This was well flagged

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18 Mar 2022

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 11 March, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments The past week saw a further escalation in sanctions over the war in Ukraine with now energy being targeted resulting in another surge in oil

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14 Mar 2022