FinSec Post

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rose over the last week as, while volatility remained high, not helped by worries about a missile strike on Syria and the FBI raiding President Trump's lawyer's office, trade war risks receded. US shares rose 2%, Eurozone shares rose 1.2%, Japanese shares gained 1%, Chinese shares rose 0.4% and Australian shares rose 0.7%. The 'risk-on' mood saw bond yields, commodity prices and the Australian dollar rise. Good news on the trade [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had another volatile week - starting down as the US announced details of proposed 25% tariff hikes on US$50bn of imports from China and as China announced its own plans for same sized tariffs, rebounding as investors came to the view that some sort of negotiated solution was most likely only to come under renewed pressure again when Trump threatened tariffs on an extra US$100bn of Chinese exports to the US. [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week. Worries about increased regulation of technology stocks, possible restrictions on Chinese investment in US technology companies and a continuing rise in bank funding costs all caused volatility, but fears about a trade war that had been way overstated the previous week receded a bit. US shares managed to rise 2% over the week, paring their loss in March to 2.7%, Eurozone shares rose 1.5%, leaving [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell sharply over the last week not helped initially by tech stocks due to a privacy breach at Facebook and then later in the week after President Trump proposed tariffs on US$50bn of imports from China fuelling renewed fears of a trade war. Further changes in Trump's team with John Bolton replacing HR McMaster as National Security Adviser were also seen as adding to the risk of a more hawkish/less market [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were a bit messy over the last week as instability in the Trump Administration and worries about US trade barriers, particularly in relation to China, continued. US shares fell 1.2%, Eurozone shares were flat, Japanese shares rose 1% and Chinese shares fell 1.3%. Australian shares lost 0.2% not helped by the soft US lead but with the start of the Banking Royal Commission and the Labor Party's policy to cut back [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Despite a bit of volatility around the US tariff issue and the Italian election, share markets bounced back over the last week as it all turned out less bad, North Korea's Kim Jong Un and President Trump agreed to meet and goldilocks returned to the US jobs market with February payrolls showing stronger than expected jobs growth and weaker than expected wages growth.Over the week US shares rose 3.5%, Eurozone shares gained [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets turned back down over the last week as fears relating to inflation and US Federal Reserve (the Fed) rate hikes continued to ramp up on the back of the Fed's Chair Powell's Congressional testimony, not helped by President Trump's announcement of tariffs on US imports of steel and aluminium. The tariff announcement weighed a bit on the Australian share market, with worries about the direct impact on Australian producers and the [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets continued to recover over the last week. While initially coming under pressure from ongoing worries about inflation and the US Federal Reserve (the Fed), US shares rose sharply on Friday, resulting in a 0.6% gain for the week. Eurozone shares gained 0.3% for the week, Japanese shares rose 0.8%, Chinese shares rose 2.6% and Australian shares rose 1.6%, helped by solid profit results. After initially rising, US bond yields ended flat [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rebounded over the last week, as share investors became a bit more relaxed about the prospect of higher inflation and interest rates and the unwinding of 'short' volatility trades ran its course. However, the rebound has been concentrated in the US share market, which rose 4.3% over the last week (and is up 7% from its recent low), with Europe up 3.2% over the week, Japan up 1.6% and Australia up [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had another rough week as the worries around rising inflation and bond yields and a more aggressive Fed continued to impact. While US shares had a good bounce on Friday, for the week they fell 5.2%, Eurozone shares fell 5.1%, Japanese shares lost 8.1%, Chinese shares fell 10.1% and the Australian share market lost 4.6%. Bond yields were little changed over the week though as safe haven buying kicked in limiting [...]