Economy
The Lucky Country
There’s some clear gaps between Australia and the rest of the world which show we may emerge from this period of global misery better than most nations 7 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Back in […]
Finance
Finance
Essentially still bad news for the markets
While shares rose strongly early in the past week, they then fell sharply on the back of bad economic data, profit warnings, China-US tensions and profit taking after very strong gains in April 3 May […]
Finance
There’s no short-term “super-size”
Why superannuation and growth assets have to be seen as long-term investments 29 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital When share markets plunge as they did into March the standard questions are: What caused the fall? […]
Finance
Will listed sanitiser stocks clean up, or clean out, investors?
Tim Boreham writes, producers with even a whiff of alcohol are turning their hands to the, highly profitable for now, cause of sanitising yours 23 April 2020 | Tim Boreham, New Criterion (Image: Kelly Sikkema) […]
Finance
Curve flattening but world still seeking shelter
Australia has seen positive signs emerging over COVID-19 infection rates but the prospect of an easing of lockdowns is tempered by dismal economic signals 10 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Alex Block) Share markets, […]
Finance
Biggest downturn since the Great Depression
Latest IMF report attempts to quantify the economic fallout of COVID-19 15 April 2020 | Gita Gopinath, IMF The world has changed dramatically in the three months since the publication of the IMF’s World Economic […]
Finance
Global markets bounce while global COVID-19 infection goes up
Mixed news on the coronavirus front continues to feed into a bumpy ride for global financial markets 10 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Anna Shvets) Share markets pushed higher again over the past week […]
Finance
Plenty of market signposts, pointing in different directions
What signposts can we watch to be confident shares have bottomed? 8 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital After a roughly 35% plunge from their February high point to their lows around 23rd March, global and […]
Finance
Good and bad news for global markets
Another week of volatility in investment markets but it’s both up and down volatility on a day to day basis as opposed to just straight down as was the case up until a couple of […]
Finance
Australia’s $130 billion anti-virus economic injection
The Australian government has announced a third, and far and away biggest, fiscal stimulus package to protect the economy from coronavirus driven shutdowns 30 March 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (IMAGE: Joshua Hoehne) Prime Minister Scott […]
Finance
No telling where markets will end but controlling the virus is the beginning
After 30% plus falls from their highs earlier this year, share markets had a welcome rebound over the last week. 7 March 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: John Cameron) While the number of coronavirus cases […]
Finance
Central banks ease and government fiscal injections on the way
Share markets had a very volatile week, helped initially by more policy easing globally with both the Fed and the RBA cutting interest rates but only to get hit again by intensifying coronavirus concerns 7 […]
Finance
US Federal Reserve moves on rates
The US central bank decides not to wait and takes unusual step of lowering rates between board meetings 4 March 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: neonbrand) The US Federal Reserve has lowered its key Fed […]
Finance
Just one move left for Reserve Bank
Australia’s central bank cuts official interest rates to an historic low of 0.5 percent 3 March 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital The RBA has cut the cash rate by another 0.25% following its March board meeting […]
Finance
New COVID-19 fears swamp financial markets
Share markets plunged over the last week on the back of a rapid escalation of new COVID-19 cases outside China 29 February 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Gigi Ling) The news on COVID-19 has got […]