Weekly Market update – week ending 4 October 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week US election uncertainty really hit markets over the past week as news of the FBI’s intervention saw average opinion poll support

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07 Nov 2016

Weekly market update – week ending 28 October, 2016

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Shares were mixed over the last week with Eurozone, Japanese and Chinese shares up but US shares down slightly and Australian shares having another bad week. Bond yields continued to

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31 Oct 2016

Weekly market update – week ending 21 October, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most major global share market rose over the past week helped by generally good economic data, more evidence that US earnings

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24 Oct 2016

Weekly market update – week ending 14 October, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most share markets (with the exception of Chinese shares) fell over the last week on the back of a some soft

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17 Oct 2016

Weekly market update – week ending 7 October, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares rose over the last week helped by a combination of good economic data and a further rise in oil prices.

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10 Oct 2016

Weekly market update – week ending 30 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares had a volatile week, with support from higher oil prices but weakness in banks led by concerns around Deutsche Bank

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04 Oct 2016

Weekly market update – week ending 23 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week With central bank announcements from the Bank of Japan and the Fed out of the way and benign, share markets rallied

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26 Sep 2016

Bank of Japan to target yield curve and a period of inflation above 2%

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After much anticipation the Bank of Japan has announced its response to it “comprehensive assessment” of its monetary easing program. A key findings of the comprehensive assessment was that its

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23 Sep 2016

Weekly market update – week ending 16 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While the US share market recovered some of its loss from the previous week as fears of an imminent Fed rate

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19 Sep 2016

Australian jobs down (a bit), but full time jobs up and unemployment down too

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Employment fell by 3,900 in August, which was well below market expectations for a 15,000 gain but did follow stronger than expected growth of 26,000 in July. Annual jobs growth

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16 Sep 2016