FinSec Post

Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week was mixed for share markets. While Australian shares rose 1.2% and eurozone shares rose 1%, US shares fell 0.1% as oil prices declined, Japanese shares lost 0.4% not helped by an underwhelming easing by the Bank of Japan and Chinese shares fell 0.7% on the back of the banking regulator increasing measures to reduce financial risks. Bond yields also fell, but commodities were mixed with oil down and iron [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week It's now four weeks since the Brexit panic on June 24 and since then US shares are up 7%, Eurozone shares are up 6%, UK shares are up 10%, Australian shares are up 7% and Japanese shares are up 11%. Fears around Brexit's global impact look to have been wildly exaggerated. The only really lasting impact (so far) has been on the British pound which is down another 4% leaving it down [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week It has been "risk on" again over the last week in investment markets helped by a combination of good economic data in the US and China, good US earnings news and firming expectations of more policy stimulus in Japan. US shares rose 1.5% to a new record high, European shares (up 3.9%) and Japanese shares (up 8.9%) have recovered much or all of their Brexit losses, global shares have broken their down-trend [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Wariness returned to investment markets in the past week led in part by worries about Italian banks but this was reversed to some degree on Friday by strong US jobs data. As a result share markets were mixed over the week with Eurozone shares down 1.6%, Japanese shares down 3.7% (not helped by the rising Yen) and Australian shares down 0.3% but US shares rose 1.3% (to around a record high) and [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rebounded over the past week as worries about Brexit leading to global financial and economic chaos faded somewhat. US shares rose 5.1%, Eurozone shares gained 3.9%, Japanese shares rose 4.9%, Chinese shares rose 2.5% and the Australian share market gained 2.6%. Despite ongoing political turmoil in the UK, the British share market surged 7.2% to its highest for the year helped by the plunging British pound and talk of Bank [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Britain votes to leave the European Union (EU). The past week has been dominated by first the anticipation that Britain would vote to remain within the EU, that saw "risk on" in financial markets and shares rally, followed by an abrupt move to "risk off" as the referendum saw the Leave vote win by 52% to 48%. The vote to leave poses risks: to the UK economy - which will also face [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has been dominated by Brexit worries which pushed down most share markets and, combined with a very dovish US Federal Reserve (Fed) pushed bond yields down as well. US shares fell 1.2%, Eurozone shares lost 2.4%, Japanese shares were also hit by the absence of further Bank of Japan monetary easing and fell 6%, Chinese shares lost 1.7% and Australian shares fell 3.7%. The fall in bond yields saw [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares were mixed over the last week. While US shares pushed higher to within 1% of an all-time high on Fed rate hike delays and Australian shares were little changed, Eurozone, Japanese and Chinese fell slightly. The oil price rose above $US50/barrel but metal prices fell slightly as did bond yields with Australian yields making it to a record low. The $US was little changed after its payroll driven fall a week [...]