Are shares expensive?

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Key points Starting point valuations for shares matter a lot in terms of medium-term return potential and vulnerability to share market falls. Basically, the cheaper the better. Developed market shares

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25 Oct 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 19 October, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While share markets had a great bounce from oversold levels early in the last week they fell back to varying degrees

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22 Oct 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 12 October, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell sharply over the last week led by the US share market primarily on the back of worries about

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15 Oct 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 5 October, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell over the last week, largely in response to a renewed rise in bond yields. Commodity prices rose, although

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08 Oct 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 28 September, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While US shares fell slightly over the last week most major share market saw gains. Bond yields fell a bit in

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02 Oct 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 21 September, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw “risk on” with the latest escalation in the US/China trade conflict being less than feared and reports

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24 Sep 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 14 September, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most share markets rise helped by good economic data, talk of another round of US/China trade talks

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17 Sep 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 7 August, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw share markets fall on the back of worries around emerging markets, trade wars and the potential regulation

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10 Sep 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 31 August, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most share markets rise helped by US shares pushing further into record territory, but gains were capped

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03 Sep 2018

Weekly market update – week ending 24 August, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most global share markets rise as Turkey slipped out of the headlines, but Australian shares were hit

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27 Aug 2018