by Admin_CentW | Jul 30, 2019 | Newsletters
Australian shares back to their 2007 high…at last! After nearly 12 years the Australian share market is above its November 2007 pre-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) high. The All Ords index surpassed it last week and the ASX 200 has done so this week. Basically,...
by Admin_CentW | Jul 26, 2019 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rose over the last week helped along by positive news on trade, a deal to resolve the US debt ceiling and reasonable US earnings. US shares rose 1.7%, Eurozone shares gained 1.3%,...
by Admin_CentW | Jul 24, 2019 | Newsletters
Introduction A common concern ever since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) ended a decade ago is that the next recession is imminent. This concern has become more pronounced recently as yield curves – ie the gap between long-term bond yields and short-term...
by Admin_CentW | Jul 19, 2019 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week US, European and Japanese shares slipped over the last week as trade war uncertainty continued to weigh amidst some mixed US earnings reports. Global trade war uncertainties also weighed on the...
by Admin_CentW | Jul 12, 2019 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets were mixed this week. Dovish comments from US Fed Chair Powell confirmed market expectations for rate cuts starting from July boosting US equities but rate cut expectations...