Market Updates

Key points – Many of the mistakes investors make are based on common sense rules of thumb that turn out to be wrong. – As

Key points – A move towards more aggressive fiscal policy stimulus and property support measures should help drive a mild cyclical upswing in China’s economy.

Dr Shane Oliver – Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist, AMP Capital Key points – The US election has significant potential to impact markets.

– but what about the Israel/Iran conflict & other risks? Key points Recession risks, the escalating Israel conflict, the US election along with still stretched

Introduction Apart from “what will home prices do?” and “where are the best places to buy a property?” the main debate around the Australian housing

Introduction After pushing to record highs, share markets had a sizeable correction into last week – with US and global shares down nearly 9% and

Introduction Share markets have seen big falls on the back of rising recession fears. For the last two years there has been constant fears of

Introduction “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.” – Ronald Reagan “We’re going

Introduction It’s often said that shares climb a wall of worry. And with good reason. The next chart shows the Australian All Ords price index

Introduction Changes in the value of the Australian dollar are important as they impact Australia’s international export competitiveness and the cost of imports, including that

Introduction There has been a wall of worry for investors over the last year but as is often the case share markets climbed it. This

Introduction I have now been in the investment world for 40 years. I first looked at the lessons I learned in 2019. But they haven’t