Tag: sharemarkets
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 …
Econosights: Have we reached peak inflation? | AMP Capital
Econosights: Have we reached peak inflation? Key points A peak in inflation (in annual terms) has likely been reached in the US while Australia is lagging behind and is likely to see a peak in December 2022. Extremely high European energy prices means Euro inflation will increase further and may not peak until 2023. But, inflation is unlikely to be headed back to its pre-Covid levels of ~2% per annum or less and we expect …
Market Update 26 August 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 26 August 2022 Investment markets and key developments over the past week Sharemarkets were down slightly over the week reflecting 1) a pause in the rally that started in mid-June and 2) uncertainty before Fed chair Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole meeting on Friday morning (US time). US shares were down 0.7% so far, with the largest falls in tech, healthcare, consumer discretionary while energy and materials were up. Australian shares are down slightly …
Market Update 22 July 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 22 July 2022 Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global sharemarkets have rallied again this week with US up 3.5%, Australia 2.9%, Europe 3.4%, Japan 3.8% while Chinese stocks are down by 0.3%. Positive gains in most sharemarkets recently after weeks of declines is leading to questions about whether we have seen the low in markets. Our view has not changed – we think the risk is of more downside …
Market Update 10 June 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 10 June 2022 Investment markets and key developments over the past week Sharemarkets came under renewed downward pressure this week (after a few weeks of rallying). Themes of stagflation risks, heightened recession odds, hawkish central banks and questions as to whether inflation has peaked or not continue to be the main drivers of markets. US shares were down by 2.2% with the tech-heavy Nasdaq down by a similar am. Australian shares are 4% …