Market Update

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rebounded over the last week as a resolution of the US election came into sight offering more fiscal stimulus, less trade wars and likely avoiding US tax hikes. While the rebound in shares may be surprising given that the election is not fully resolved yet, US shares typically rally after close elections as we move into the stronger seasonal months for share market performance of November, December [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets mostly fell again over the past week on the back of rising new coronavirus cases in Europe and the US, new lockdowns in Europe, signs of a tightening election in the US raising the prospect of a contested election and the absence of any progress towards a pre-election fiscal stimulus in the US. Reflecting the week global lead Australian shares also fell led by declines in cyclical sectors [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past weekGlobal share markets were mixed over the last week being buffeted by the rising number of new coronavirus cases and waxing and waning stimulus talk in the US. US and Chinese shares rose but Eurozone and Japanese shares fell. Australian shares were given a strong boost by the RBA signalling further easing ahead and lower for even longer interest rates with strong gains in IT, financial, consumer, utility and telco stocks pushing the [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets mostly rose over the last week helped by dip buying in the US, some hope (which is now fading) for a new US stimulus deal and mostly good economic data. Australian shares fell though, after bucking the trend of falling markets in the previous week and with energy, consumer staple, utility, health and financial shares particularly hard hit. Bond yields fell in the Eurozone but mostly rose elsewhere. [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets fell again over the last week on concerns about rising coronavirus cases, tightening social distancing restrictions in Europe and the lack of progress towards additional fiscal stimulus in the US. Australian shares managed a decent gain through the week with banks boosted by the Government moving to relax the responsible lending laws and strong gains in health, utility, industrial and consumer shares. Reflecting the risk off tone globally [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose slightly over the last week after two weeks of falls helped by reasonable economic data, anticipation of Fed dovishness, positive vaccine news and M&A activity. However, some of the gains were given up later in the week as tech stocks came under renewed pressure and the Fed did less than some had hoped. Despite the volatility Australian shares also managed a small gain over the week after [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week The equity market correction that started last week, driven by falls in tech stocks, has continued, and has now broadened out to other sectors. US shares are down by 2.6% and the tech-heavy NASDAQ is down by a larger 4% over the week. But, all sectors in the S&P500 fell over the week and energy was down heavily as the oil price fell to $37/tonne, from $42 earlier this month. The [...]

Investment markets and key developments over the past week US shares hit another record high mid-week only to be reversed by the end of the week because of a big fall in tech shares, which have been driving the rebound in US equities since the March lows. The US S&P is down by 1.5% over the week, with the tech sector (which has the biggest weight in the index) down 2.8%, consumer discretionary (which includes Amazon) is down 1.1%, [...]