The nine most important things I have learned about investing over the past 35 years

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My nine most important lessons from investing over the past 35 years are that: there is always a cycle; the crowd gets it wrong at extremes; what you pay for

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Weekly market update – week ending 31 May, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets fell again over the last week on the back of worries about global growth in the face of

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Weekly market update – week ending 24 May, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets fell over past week amid escalating noise around the US/China trade war and increasing signs that it may

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Weekly market update – week ending 17 May, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell earlier in the past week as the trade war continued to escalate, before rebounding helped by better economic

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The trade war is back – what went wrong, what it means for share markets and what it means for Australia

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Key points The trade war between the US and China has returned after talks to resolve their trade differences broke down. Our base case remains that a deal will be

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Weekly market update – week ending 10 May, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell over the last week as US/China trade tensions returned with a vengeance. Australian shares were relatively resilient though

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Weekly market update – week ending 3 May, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly fell over the last week with the Fed indicating no inclination to cut rates, a bit of wariness

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Weekly market update – week ending 26 April, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week. US shares hit last year’s highs helped by good earnings news and rising

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Weekly market update – week ending 12 April, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets fell slightly over the last week on global growth concerns and renewed US/Europe trade war fears. Australian shares

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Weekly market update – week ending 5 April, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets pushed higher over the last week helped by more “green shoots” pointing to improving global growth this year, including

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