Weekly market update – week ending 2 August, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week It was back to “risk off” over the last week as the resumption of the US/China trade war, a less dovish

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Australian shares hit record highs – is the decade long underperformance versus global shares over?

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Key points The long time taken for Australian shares to regain their 2007 high and their underperformance compared to global shares this decade reflects a combination of payback after their

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Weekly market update – week ending 26 July, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rose over the last week helped along by positive news on trade, a deal to resolve the US debt

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The longest US economic expansion ever – does this mean recession is around the corner?

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Key points Where the US economy goes is critical to the outlook for shares, including for the Australian share market. While the yield curve is flashing warning signs and issues

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Weekly market update – week ending 19 July, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week US, European and Japanese shares slipped over the last week as trade war uncertainty continued to weigh amidst some mixed US

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Weekly market update – week ending 5 July, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share market rose solidly over the last week buoyed by a bunch of good news including the latest US/China trade war

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Weekly market update – week ending 28 June, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares slipped over the last week on the back of uncertainty ahead of the Trump/Xi meeting at the G20 and

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Weekly market update – week ending 21 June, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets pushed higher over the last week as the Fed and the ECB hinted strongly at monetary easing ahead and

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Weekly market update – week ending 14 June 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets, rose over the past week with the combination of expectations for rate cuts/policy stimulus and the tariffs being avoided

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Weekly market update – week ending 7 June, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets, except for China’s, rose over the last week on increasing prospects for Fed rate hikes in response to the

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