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Australian home prices getting hit by rate hikes and tax hikes – is the super cycle boom from the mid-1990s over at last?

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points National average home prices were flat in May according to Cotality, the weakest since January last year. Prices fell further in Sydney and Melbourne, and the boom time

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02 Jun 2026

Shares down on the oil shock – 5 key charts for investors to keep in mind

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points The War with Iran has led to a surge in oil prices & worries of stagflation which has pushed share markets sharply lower. Predicting how this will all

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24 Mar 2026

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 13 February, 2026

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global markets had a volatile week as the War with Iran continued with no sign of any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz which is

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16 Mar 2026

The impact of the US/Iran war on economies and markets – Q and A

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points Uncertainty around the duration of the US/Israel war with Iran has intensified with oil prices spiking to $US119/barrel only to then plunge as President Trump hinted that the

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11 Mar 2026

Gulf War 3 – the threat to economies and markets from the US/Iran war

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points The start of a war between the US and Israel and Iran poses the risk of a significant disruption to global economic growth given the likelihood of significant

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03 Mar 2026

The outlook for Australian shares – is the long underperformance over?

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points Over the long-term Australian shares have been a relatively strong performer, but it does go through relatively long periods of out and underperformance versus global shares. We see

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25 Feb 2026

The investment outlook for 2026 – expect a rough but, ultimately, ok ride

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points 2025 was another strong year for investors with shares up strongly on the back of better than feared growth and profits and global central banks cutting rates. Balanced

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20 Jan 2026

Advisers tip managed portfolios into the mainstream: North launches inaugural insights report

From North

Key points Newly-launched biannual report by North explores why 2025 is a tipping point for managed account adoption 24.6% annual increase in AUM for managed accounts in Australia, rising to

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02 Oct 2025

Medium term investment returns face five key constraints

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points Five mega trends still point to risks of a more inflation prone/lower growth environment than pre-pandemic. These are: a move away from economic rationalist policies; the reversal of

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24 Sep 2025

Half of us financially insecure about retirement

From AMP

AMP has launched the Retirement Confidence Pulse, a new national barometer tracking how financially confident Australians feel about life after work. The inaugural Pulse score is 50/100 – a wake-up

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23 Sep 2025

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