Weekly market update – week ending 10 April, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares had a good run over the last week helped by continued okay economic data, M&A activity and confirmation from the

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13 Apr 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 2 April, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were messy and mixed over the last week with US shares down on some soft economic data, Australian shares

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07 Apr 2015

What is risk in investing?

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Key points Risk is often portrayed as just market volatility when in reality it’s a whole lot more, notably: the risk of capital loss; the risk of not having enough

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02 Apr 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 27 March, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have had a rough week with uncertainty about the Fed, profit taking in US tech stocks, nervousness ahead of

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30 Mar 2015

Weekly market update – week ending March 20, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Indications from the US Federal Reserve that it is not in a hurry to raise interest rates dominated financial markets over

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23 Mar 2015

China – the usual worries, but no boom and no bust

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Key points Chinese economic data is off to a soft start this year. However, there are reasons for optimism that growth this year will still come in “around 7%”. Monetary

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19 Mar 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 13 March, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week was messy and volatile in financial markets as Fed worries waxed and waned, the $US surged to its

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16 Mar 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 6 March, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While European shares continued to power ahead over the past week helped by continued good news out of Europe, most major

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09 Mar 2015

The Australian economy still in the doldrums with more help from the RBA and $A needed

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Key points Australian economic growth remains weak at 2.5%. Expect another one or two RBA cash rate cuts and the $A to fall to around $US0.70 by year end. Record

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05 Mar 2015

Weekly market update – week ending 27 February, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the last week helped by a combination of good news on Greece, benign comments from Fed

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02 Mar 2015