Weekly market update 24-03-2023
Dr Shane Oliver discusses how bank turmoil is still providing a roller coaster ride for investors; case for an RBA pause remains strong; PMIs show easing Aust inflation pressure; and more.
Tag: volatile
Weekly market update 17-03-2023
This week, Dr Shane Oliver highlights the banking stress – the bad news (increased recession risk) and good news (less rate hikes); US inflation; raises the question as to whether Australian home prices bottomed; and more.
Oliver’s Insights – Seven things to keep in mind
Successful investing can be really hard in times like the present. Falls in share markets and other assets are stressful as no one likes to see their wealth decline and the natural inclination is to retreat to safety.
Market Update 20 May 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 20 May 2022 Investment markets & key developments It was another volatile weak in share markets with worries that rate hikes, cost pressures and Chinese supply disruptions would hit profits after downgrades from some US retailers and tech stocks. This left US and Eurozone shares down, but Japanese, Chinese and Australian shares rose helped by monetary easing in China. In Australia gains in IT, utility and material shares more than offset falls in …
Market Update 4 March 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 4 March 2022 Investment markets and key developments over the past week Uncertainty over the war in Ukraine resulted in another volatile week in investment markets as investors worried about the worsening conflict and disruptions to energy supply following the intensification of western sanctions on Russia. Reports of a fire at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant as a result of Russian shelling and the associated risk of a nuclear catastrophe added to the uncertainty. …
Market Update 18 February 2022 | AMP Capital
Market Update 18 February 2022 Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have seen another volatile week being buffeted by waxing and waning fears of Russia invading Ukraine and fears of inflation and interest rate hikes. This left US, European and Japanese share markets down. Solid profit results helped protect the Australian share market, which was up slightly for the week, with gains in health, property and consumer staple shares offsetting falls …
Why long-term goals are key to surviving short-term panic | AMP Capital
Why long-term goals are key to surviving short-term panic The one certainty in a flood of volatile, shaky short-term outlooks is that this too, shall pass. For me, personally and professionally, I remain intently focused on being prepared for the inevitable recovery period, and that requires holding tight to long-term goals. Right now, we’re all in the depths of managing our way through the COVID-19 human health emergency. We have, very quickly, adapted to unfamiliar …