Weekly market update 12-07-2024
Disinflation resumes in the US, RBNZ pivots = positive signs for the RBA; Australian shares hit record, year end forecast revised to 8100; surge in shipping costs less threatening than 3 yrs ago; and more.
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How catch-up concessional contributions work
If you’ve had interrupted income, or just haven’t been in a position to put as much into super as you’d like, catch-up concessional contributions may provide an opportunity to top up at a more convenient time.
Oliver’s insights – strong investment returns
There has been a wall of worry for investors over the last year but as is often the case share markets climbed it. This resulted in another financial year of strong investment returns in 2023-24. But can it continue?
Weekly market update 10-03-2023
Throughout the week, Dr Shane Oliver observes that shares are under more pressure; Fed turns more hawkish, RBA turns more dovish; China’s 5% growth target easier to beat; and more.
Weekly market update 03-03-2023
This week, Dr Shane Oliver observes that the Australian economy & inflation are slowing; RBA expected to hike +0.25% but soften its guidance; questions the saving buffers; and more changes to superannuation.
Market Update 09 September 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 09 September 2022 Investment markets and key developments over the past week Sharemarkets were mostly up over past week, with the US lifting by 2.1%, Australia +0.7%, Japan +2.1% and China +2.3%. The exception was in the Eurozone where equities fell by 0.9%. After global sharemarkets rallied hard from mid-June to August on expectations of a “central bank pivot” from aggressive rate hikes, shares had been on a downtrend since then as central …
Market Update 15 July 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 15 July 2022 Investment markets & key developments Share markets mostly fell over the last week on fears that still rising inflation will trigger faster rate hikes and recession. While Japanese shares rose, US, European and Chinese shares fell. The fall in Eurozone shares was magnified by the risk of a permanent shutdown of Russian gas flowing through the Nordstream 1 pipeline to Germany following a maintenance shutdown and another political crisis in …
Market Update 8 July 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 8 July 2022 Investment markets & key developments Share markets mostly rose over the last week on hopes that central banks will be able to tame inflation without causing a recession. However, it was messy with Eurozone shares – where the risk of recession is greatest – first making a new bear market low earlier in the week. Australian shares followed the global lead higher with very strong gains in IT, consumer …
Market Update 03 June 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 03 June 2022 Investment markets & key developments Share markets mostly rose again in the past week as the rebound from oversold levels continued partly on hopes that some cooling in demand will take pressure of inflation and central banks, and as China started to reopen. European shares were little changed but US, Japanese, Chinese and Australian shares rose. The gains in Australian shares were let by resources, consumer staples and industrials offsetting falls …
Market Update 26 November | AMP Capital
Market Update 26 November Investment markets & key developments Global share markets mostly fell over the past week as inflation, interest rate and coronavirus concerns – with rising cases in Europe and a new variant in South Africa – rattled investors with travel stocks being hard hit. US shares were up slightly prior to Thanksgiving, but other major markets fell. This included the Australian share market which saw sharp falls in IT, financial, retail and telco …