Market Updates

Australian company earnings are holding up in the current economic environment Just over halfway through the current six-monthly reporting season, investors continue to be rewarded…

2023 Year in Review – defying the predictions Australia’s economy stubbornly defied predictions during 2023, escaping the fears of an economic slowdown and ending the…

The Santa rally has arrived! Investors breathed a sigh of relief over November, as the consensus view was formed that interest rate hikes are now…

Australian share market hits a six-month low Rising global interest rates; oil prices reaching close to $100 a barrel; and a relatively uncertain outlook for…

Australian share market hits a six-month low Rising global interest rates; oil prices reaching close to $100 a barrel; and a relatively uncertain outlook for…

Global share markets continue to rally Global share markets continued to rally over July. Ongoing falls in inflation have fuelled expectations that the global synchronised…

What goes down usually goes up! Against all expectations at the start of the financial year, returns from most asset classes over that period proved…

Recession risk in Australia now sits at a 50/50 outcome This month’s rise in the cash rate to 4.1% is now being fully felt, with…

Was it a pause or a dither?  Against all expectations, the RBA resumed monthly raising of the cash rate this week, moving the official rate…

What banking crisis? March saw the banking sector weather central banks’ actions over the last twelve months to rein in inflation. Signs of stress in…