Weekly market update – week ending 24 July, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly fell over the last week weighed down by some weak earnings results for US multinationals, lower commodity prices

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27 Jul 2015

The investment outlook – can the good returns continue?

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Key points The past financial year saw a third year in a row of solid returns for diversified investors. While returns are likely to slow over the year ahead, they

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22 Jul 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 17 July, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have had a good week reflecting good news regarding Greece, better than expected Chinese economic data, the nuclear agreement

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20 Jul 2015

China’s share market volatilty

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Key points Just as the rise in Chinese shares had little economic impact it’s hard to see the pullback having a significant economic impact either. Chinese economic growth is likely

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15 Jul 2015

Greece after the “No” vote

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Key points The Greek No vote means more uncertainty ahead regarding Greece, with significantly heightened risk of a Greek exit from the Euro. The threat of a flow on to

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07 Jul 2015

Weekly market update – week ending June 26, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares had another volatile week with optimism about a Greek deal early in the week giving way to renewed concern as

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29 Jun 2015

Is Greece pulling back from the brink?

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Key points A “reform for funding” deal between Greece and its creditors looks likely and may now be agreed this week. This would be positive for Eurozone assets. It would

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24 Jun 2015

Weekly market update – week ending June 19, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares had another messy and mixed week with worries about Greece weighing, particularly on European shares. Japanese shares also fell and

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22 Jun 2015

Weekly market update – week ending June 12, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares had a mixed week with mostly good economic data, but ongoing uncertainty regarding Greece and worries about a MERS outbreak

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15 Jun 2015

Australian jobs much better than expected, but is it believable?

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The May jobs data support the view that the economy is nowhere near as weak as the doomsayers would have it. However, they likely also exaggerate the strength in the jobs

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12 Jun 2015