Weekly market & economic update – week ending 11 July, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets retreated over the last week on worries that problems at some European banks might spark a return of its

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14 Jul 2014

Abenomics: good for Japan, good for investors and good for Australia

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Key points Japan’s economy appears to be weathering the April sales tax hike well and Abenomics looks to be working. Third arrow supply side reforms are very positive. The success

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10 Jul 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending June 27, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Despite mostly good economic data, global share markets fell back slightly over the last week amidst ongoing uncertainty regarding Iraq and

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30 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 20 June, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets generally rebounded over the last week as a dovish Fed and  solid economic data offset continuing uncertainty regarding

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23 Jun 2014

The bond rally, secular stagnation & now Iraq

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Key points The global bond rally so far this year can be explained by a combination of soft growth, dovish central banks, short covering and increasing belief in “secular stagnation”.

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19 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 13 June, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week After four weeks of gains, the past week saw US and European share markets slip as a combination of worries from

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16 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 6 June, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets mainly rose over the past week on the back of further monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank.

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10 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 30 May, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the past week helped by relief at the conclusion of the European and Ukrainian elections, mostly

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02 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 23 May, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most share markets managed to rise over the last week, but the lack of momentum seen all year remains a feature.

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26 May 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 16 May, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw more messy and volatile trading in share markets with some mixed economic data and corporate news in

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19 May 2014