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Australian Market Summary | 29 November 2021
Global share markets sold off to end the week, suffering one of their most significant daily drops in more than twelve months. Investors were spooked by reports of a new COVID-19 variant with concerns that it could stall the global economic recovery.
Australian Market Summary | 22 November 2021
Markets remain in consolidation mode with equities largely flat and bond yields stabilising. The MSCI World rose 0.1% as the U.S. S&P 500 rose 0.4%, driven by a rally in technology and growth companies.
Australian Market Summary | 15 November 2021
Equities took a breather while bond yields largely headed higher again as the closely watched U.S. inflation figures came in much hotter than expected, prompting further concerns that price pressures may not be ‘transitory’ as central banks have forecast.
Investment Perspective | 8 November
Equities had a relatively volatile September and October, with the ASX200 falling as much as 4.5% per cent during September before staging a recovery in October to end just over 1% lower as at 22 October 2021
Emerging from lockdown – the new normal
Covid-19 and response of societies have shaped the last two years, and will influence the next decade. In the short term, the next quarter will see further opening up as vaccine rates seek to approach the highest in the developed world.
Australian Market Summary | 8 November 2021
Over the past few months, overall unemployment rate was actually flat at 4.6%, owing to a lower participation rate as people gave up looking for jobs altogether.
Understanding APRA’s change in serviceability buffer
In November 2021, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will implement some changes around how they assess the serviceability of home loan applications.
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