Weekly market & economic update: week ending August 9

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Key events of the past week and implications Positive global economic data was a mixed blessing over the last week as it combined with comments from various US Federal Reserve

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12 Aug 2013

The Australian election and investors

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Key points Historically election campaigns result in a period of flat lining for the Australian share market followed by a bounce once the election is out of the way. The

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09 Aug 2013

Weekly market & economic update: week ending August 2

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Key events of the past week and implications Shares continued to trend higher over the past week helped by dovish central bank comments and good news from the US and

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05 Aug 2013

Weekly economic and market update: week ending July 26

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While US and Japanese shares consolidated previous week’s gains, European, Asian and Australian shares had solid gains with the latter back decisively above the 5000 level. Flash manufacturing PMIs for

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29 Jul 2013

Investment outlook after a strong financial year

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Key points The past financial year saw returns of over 20% from Australian and global shares drive very strong returns from balanced and growth oriented investment strategies, including from superannuation

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26 Jul 2013

Weekly market & economic update

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Key events of the past week and implications It was another volatile and poor week for investment markets with the confirmation that the Fed is on track to start slowing

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24 Jun 2013

Oliver’s insights: crunch time for the Australian economy

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This edition of Oliver’s Insights looks at the impact of the mining boom and interest rates on the Australian economy in 2014 . The key points are as follows: With the fading of the

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19 Jun 2013

Weekly economic and market update

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Share markets remain twitchy with ongoing worries about the Fed tapering its quantitative easing program at a time when economic data is mixed, disappointment that Japan’s reform program lacks details

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11 Jun 2013

Economic growth…but softer beneath the surface

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Economic growth in the March quarter in Australia was 0.6% or 2.5% year on year. While this was broadly as expected it highlights that growth in Australia is now running

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06 Jun 2013

Oliver’s Insights: worries about sharemarket volatility

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This edition of Oliver’s Insights looks at the recent volatility and correction in share markets. The key points are as follows: After strong gains shares were due for a correction. Worries about

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05 Jun 2013