Markets saw a small reprieve throughout the course of July with both equity and bond markets moving higher. The local equity market was up just…
read moreJune proved to be another difficult month for financial markets with both bond and equity markets moving lower, a theme that we have seen play…
read moreOngoing Inflationary Pressures Driving Markets Down May proved to be another difficult month for financial markets as we saw both equity and bond markets weaker…
read moreThe challenges we’ve been seeing in financial markets throughout the first part of 2022 certainly didn’t abate in the month of April and into the…
read moreThe US Federal Reserve The US Federal Reserve began its rate tightening program and increased official cash rates by 25 basis points (0.25%) to take the Federal Funds Reserve rate down to 0.50%. We expect the Fed to…
read moreThe Morrison government released its third budget overnight, which is also the third for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. As budgets’ goes there was nothing particularly sensitive…
read moreLocal and global markets The domestic market was up around 2% over February. Contrasted by global equities that were down between 3%-6% led by sharp…
read moreLocal Equity The ASX200 was down over 6% in January, domestic small caps followed, down over 9%. Global Markets Global markets were not spared either…
read moreWhat happened in 2021? 2021 was a strong period for financial markets, particularly growth assets such as equities. However, we did see weakness in those…
read moreEquity markets Equity markets were lower this month due to concerns regarding the Omicron variant and the implications of that on the ongoing reopening of…
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