Weekly market update – week ending 7 August, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets generally rose over the last week helped by a combination of better than expected earnings in the US, good

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10 Aug 2020

Weekly market update – week ending 31 July, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week with Chinese shares up solidly and US shares rising slightly on the back

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03 Aug 2020

Oliver’s Insights: US dollar breaking down, gold and the $A breaking up – what does it mean for investors?

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Key points The US dollar looks to have peaked in part reflecting reduced safe haven demand with more downside likely. The gold price has broken out to a record high

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30 Jul 2020

Weekly market update – week ending 24 July, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets started the past week off strongly with US shares breaking out to new recovery highs, but gains were

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27 Jul 2020

Weekly market update – week ending 17 July, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week US, European and Japanese share markets rose over the past week as positive news on vaccines and mostly good economic data

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20 Jul 2020

Weekly market update – week ending 10 July, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week as investors were torn between rising coronavirus cases and US/China tensions on the

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13 Jul 2020

2019-20 saw poor returns – but it could have been much worse

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Key points 2019-20 saw a rough ride for investors as coronavirus hit resulting in small losses for well diversified investors. Key lessons for investors from the last financial year were

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09 Jul 2020

Weekly market update – week ending 3 July 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Despite ongoing concerns about coronavirus most major share markets saw solid gains over the last week helped by good economic data,

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06 Jul 2020

The US presidential election – implications for investors

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Key points The run up to the US election on 3rd November has the potential to see increased share market volatility if it looks increasingly likely Biden will win and

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01 Jul 2020

Weekly market update – week ending 26 June,2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most major share markets fell over the last week as concerns about “second waves” of coronavirus cases, uncertainty about the growth

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29 Jun 2020