Great investment quotes for topsy turvy times

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Introduction The current environment seems to be one of extreme uncertainty. We have seen a strong economic recovery from last year’s global and Australian recessions – but there are worries

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 6 August, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rose over the last week with US and European shares making a new high helped by good earnings

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 30 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Despite some concerns about Chinese regulatory tightening early in the week and ongoing worries about coronavirus US and European shares rose

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New appointments to boost AMP Capital’s Community Infrastructure Fund

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AMP Capital has announced three new appointments to the Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF) with Odette Linnett as Investment Director, Carolyn van Leuven as Senior Advisor and Mathew Pirotta as Associate.

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Coronavirus continues to cause havoc globally and in Australia – but here are five reasons for optimism

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Key points The news on coronavirus has been bleak again lately – with rising cases globally & the ongoing NSW lockdown. However, there are five reasons for optimism: lockdowns still

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 23 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share market indexes mostly managed to look through coronavirus concerns over the last week and rebound helped by good US earnings

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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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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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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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