Weekly market update – week ending 8 July, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Wariness returned to investment markets in the past week led in part by worries about Eurozone banks – particularly Italian banks.

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Australia’s messy 2016 election

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Key points The Australian Federal election has delivered a messy result suggesting an even more difficult Senate for the Coalition if it is able to form government and the risk

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Weekly market update – week ending 1 July, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rebounded over the past week as worries about Brexit leading to global financial and economic chaos faded somewhat. Despite

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Brexit wins – implications for the world, Australia and investors

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Key points The vote by Britain to leave the European Union poses risks for UK, European and global financial and economic stability that may linger for a while. However, it

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Weekly Market update – week ending 26 June 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Britain votes to Leave the European Union. The past week has been dominated by first the anticipation that Britain would vote

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The political pendulum swings to left – implications for medium term investment returns

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Key points The success of Trump and Sanders in the US, the close Brexit vote and the Australian Federal Election campaign suggest median voters have shifted to the left and

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Weekly market update – week ending 17 June, 2016

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The past week has been dominated by Brexit worries which pushed down most share markets and combined with a very dovish US Federal Reserve pushed bond yields down as well.

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Weekly market update – week ending 10 June, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares were mixed over the last week. While US shares pushed higher to within 1% of an all-time high on Fed

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Where are we in the roller coaster of investor emotion?

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Key points At extremes the investment crowd is invariably wrong. Everyone who wants to buy will have done so and the only way is down (or vice versa in crowd

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Weekly market update – week ending 3 June, 2016

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Shares were mixed over the last week with US and Chinese shares up, but renewed Brexit fears weighing on Eurozone shares, disappointment at the lack of fiscal easing just yet

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