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Week In Review – Rate Relief (19 February 2025)

Elizabeth Moran

The RBA Board cut the cash rate yesterday from 4.35% to 4.10%, a big relief to the one third of Australians that have a...

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Week In Review – Trump or Harris? (6 November 2024)

Elizabeth Moran

Did you back a winner yesterday? I gamble once a year and have no idea about any of the horses that run in the...

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Week In Review – Inflation Trimmed (30 October 2024)

Elizabeth Moran

Quarterly inflation is heading in the right direction, albeit, still above the RBA board 2-3% target band. The trimmed mean for the September quarter...

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Week In Review – A Sea of Red (9 April 2025)

Elizabeth Moran

The ASX 200 is down almost 16% from its recent mid-February high. Investors are selling down equities looking for defensive assets, unsure of how...

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Week In Review – CPI Data Awaits (31 July 2024)

Elizabeth Moran

There’s great anticipation for today’s quarterly Consumer Price Index (CPI) announcement. A higher-than-expected rate will increase the chances of a rate rise, and some...

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Week In Review – Recession? Hunting for yield? (12 March 2025)

Elizabeth Moran

Recession? Hunting for yield? Donald Trump is fast finding out that global uncertainty doesn’t help financial markets. The S&P500 was down overnight by 0.76% and...

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Week In Review – Private Credit Blooms (14 August 2024)

Elizabeth Moran

This week, we’ve seen a number of new corporate bonds in the domestic market. As of close of business on Tuesday 13 August 2024: ...

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Week In Review – US Markets React (17 July 2024)

Elizabeth Moran

The assassination attempt on Donald Trump shouldn’t come as a surprise given his polarising views. Uncertainty can send investors back into safe-haven assets, but...

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