April 2020 – Page 4

How fit are your finances? | Money & Life

How fit are your finances? Wearable technology can monitor our heart rate and tell us how much sleep we’ve had, but what about our financial wellbeing? If you could benefit from a Fitbit for your finances, read on. Just like your physical health, the more you can monitor what’s happening with your finances, the easier it will be to improve your financial fitness. We all know that financial stress can have a negative …

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Take stock of how much conveniences are costing you | Money & Life

Take stock of how much conveniences are costing you With weeks, and perhaps months, of self-isolation ahead, many of life’s conveniences like streaming and delivery services will become our essentials. But if you’re used to spending unlimited amounts to make life that little bit easier, now is a good time to look at what you can live without to make your budget go further. These days it’s easy to order just about anything on demand. …

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After the Bell: daily market update, April 20 | AMP Capital

ECONOMICS & MARKETS After the Bell: daily market update, April 20 20 Apr, 2020 Chief economist Shane Oliver discusses the falls on the ASX today, the risks of a second-wave of infection, and whether China has passed the worst of its economic data. Important information While every care has been taken in the preparation of this video, AMP Capital Investors Limited (ABN 59 001 777 591, AFSL 232497) and AMP Capital Funds Management Limited …

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What style of investor are you?

What style of investor are you? Conservative, risk taker or somewhere in between? Understanding what style of investor you are may help you to reach your financial goals. By now, you’ve probably developed a pretty good sense of your personal style. If blue chinos and polos are your thing, then it’s unlikely you’ll want a pair of hot orange flares. And if those flares take your fancy, then you’re probably unlikely to choose a white …

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AMP Amplify Digital presents Mark Curtis

Mark Curtis, Chief Client Officer and Co-Founder at Fjord, and Innovation Lead, Accenture Interactive, explores how human behavior is changing as part of AMP’s thought leadership platform, Amplify. Original Author: Produced by AMP and published on 17/04/2020

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After the Bell: daily market update, April 17 | AMP Capital

ECONOMICS & MARKETS After the Bell: daily market update, April 17 17 Apr, 2020 A good day on the ASX despite a horrible week for economic data. On the flipside, infection data, especially in Austalia, continues to be encouraging. Brad Creighton, portfolio strategist at AMP Capital, joins us to wrap up the working week. Important information While every care has been taken in the preparation of this video, AMP Capital Investors Limited (ABN 59 …

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Market Update 17 April 2020 | AMP Capital

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets, with the exception of European shares, pushed higher again over the last week on ongoing signs that the coronavirus curve is flattening in a number of countries which is resulting in a move towards relaxing lockdowns amidst promising reports regarding anti-viral drug tests. While Australian energy stocks were hit as oil prices fell, the local share market was pushed higher again by a strong global …

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Planning, not panic: managing retirement portfolios through the pandemic | AMP Capital

Planning, not panic: managing retirement portfolios through the pandemic Despite the recent wild ride for markets coping with the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, many investors are well-versed in the need to “sit tight”. They understand that moving out of positions in falling markets risks crystallising losses at the bottom and missing out on the recovery. For retirees it’s not so simple, where portfolios are particularly vulnerable to sequencing and behavioural risks that are not …

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What Australia’s recession will look and feel like | AMP Capital

What Australia’s recession will look and feel like A great proportion of the working population have never known a recession in Australia, and others will be haunted by the last in the early 1990s. This time around, I think Australia is in for a different experience to what we’ve seen and known before – and that’s not entirely a bad thing. The Australian government has, rightly, sacrificed economic activity in the name of health in …

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Magic money tree – QE & money printing and their part in the coronavirus economic rescue | AMP Capital

So why do quantitative easing? Normally central banks implement monetary policy by changing interest rates. But when interest rates have already fallen to zero, in order to support the economy central banks have been turning to boosting the quantity of money in the economy. Hence quantitative easing. The current expansion in quantitative easing (and its adoption in Australia) reflects: A need to ensure that short term money markets continue to function – as lenders became …