The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike interest rates by more than 50 basis points, double that predicted by the majority of economists “changes the journey, not the destination,” according to Charlie Jamieson of Jamieson Coote Bonds.
Leading responsible investment manager, Australian Ethical, this week highlighted the unique challenges facing investors in a response to the events at AGL Energy in recent weeks.
The struggles of the big banks and mortgage lenders in the wake of this week’s rate rise continued on Thursday, with the financials sub-index losing 2.2 per cent and helping to drag the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index 101.4 points, or 1.4 per cent lower, to an almost four-week low of 7019.7. The broader S&P/ASX All Ordinaries fell 106.6 points, or…
The Russia-Ukraine war has seemingly moved from the headlines in most of the developed world, with most attention now being paid to the challenge of a jump in the cost of living and the impact of higher interest rates on repayments and property prices.
Yellow glow on ASX Resources came to the rescue on the Australian share market on Wednesday, with surging uranium and oil and gas stocks more than compensating for a shocker from the banks. A call from Goldman Sachs that Brent crude would average US$140 a barrel between July and September, up 17 per cent from its prevailing…
The Australian sharemarket was on hold ahead of the RBA’s latest board meeting and interest rate decision. A somewhat unexpected 0.50 per cent increase in the cash rate to 0.85 per cent saw the S&P/ASX200 slump by 1.5 per cent. The large move was predicted by only a few experts with the RBA highlighted the fact that inflation had…
The local market couldn’t shake off a weak global lead, opening the first week of June with a 0.5 per cent fall. It was a market full of lowlights, with the industrials, technology and materials sectors all falling by more than 1 per cent, dragged down by previously popular growth names including Tyro (ASX:TYR) and Hub24 (ASX:HUB) which fell…
Whilst there are growing signs that inflation is moderating around the world, whether in the US, UK or Australia, some 125 of the world’s central banks are current in the process of tightening monetary policy.
The local market finished the week on another positive note, despite the return of concerns about the aggressiveness of central banks around the world, with the S&P/ASX 200 posting a 0.9 per cent gain on Friday. It was propelled by the materials sector, with copper and iron ore miners benefitting from the loosening of lockdowns but more…
The local market continued on a negative trend to open the month of June with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 0.8 per cent on the back of a broad-based selloff. The biggest detractor was the healthcare and technology sectors, falling 1.8 and 2.5 per cent respectively as US Federal Reserve members continue to predict aggressive rate hikes. Cochlear (ASX:COH) and CSL (ASX:CSL)…
