Weekly market & economic update – week ending 8 August, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The share market correction continued over the last week with a whole range of issues weighing on confidence including Russian retaliatory

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Petrol prices head higher; Record bank shares

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Weekly petrol prices; Sharemarket trends Petrol prices lift: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol rose by 6.3 cents per litre to 155.4

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Investor return expectations finally leap through the fear barrier

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Falls in investor fear throughout 2012 were not translating into higher return expectations and the intention to invest until now, according to new research by Investment Trends. The January 2013

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Sharemarket: Closer to the peak than you thought

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The ASX 200 Accumulation index – measuring total returns on shares – has lifted by almost 20 per cent over the past year. The index is 12.2 per cent from

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Weekly economic & market update

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There were a number of positives for growth investments over the past week and this has seen further gains in shares and a back up in bond yields in major

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ASX monthly activity report

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The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 5.2% in January 2012. This performance was in line with rises in other major markets, including Hong

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