Given the gloomy coronavirus outlook the Reserve Bank could keep Australia’s historic low cash rate at 0.25% for the next three years 5 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital As widely expected, at its May meeting […]
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 […]
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? […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With much to ponder, global markets pulled back as GM announced it was pulling the plug on Australia’s most iconic car brand 22 February 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Global share markets mostly fell over the […]
In the short-term it looks as though the combination of the impact of bushfires and COVID-19 will put the brakes on the Australian economy 17 February 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital The number of confirmed COVID-19 […]
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