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There is good reason to expect the $A to rise into next year, and a strong case for a slight weighting toward hedged global investments

Elston's Andrew McKie certainly thinks so.

From inflation to house prices, Shane Oliver takes on the most commonly asked questions he gets as AMP's Chief Economist.

Shares had a strong start to the year seeing gains into early February around or above what we expect for the year as a whole. But we still expect that it will be a...

The start of this year has been painful for investors with sharp losses in shares and bonds, dragging most superannuation funds into negative returns for the last...

The latest set of figures from AMP will be “messy,” group CEO Alexis George conceded in an interview this week with Allan Gray Australia's Simon Mawhinney. “There’s...

Last year saw very strong investment returns and was relatively calm in investment markets. While there was a lot to worry about, the biggest drawdown in US shares...

The spectacular slump we’ve seen in the ASX Small Ords and the NASDAQ 100 – down more than 7% and 15% – suggests the fever dream of the last two years might be over....

Most of the time, share markets are relatively calm and don’t make the headlines. But every so often they have a tumble and make the “front page” with headlines like...

You can be forgiven for thinking the content of this evening's yet-to-be-announced Federal Budget already feels like yesterday's news. (That's the 24/7...

Over the last decade or so, it seems geopolitical risk has become increasingly significant for investors – particularly with the 2016 Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s...

In the mid-1990s, Shane Oliver was recently married and in the market for a new house. He was driving around Sydney's northern beaches in the middle of winter...

G'day and welcome back to the latest instalment of Off the Charts! where we bring you the biggest headlines of the week on all things investing, and the odd item we...

Share markets have had a spectacular rebound from their March lows. The rebound has been led by the US share market which is up 52% and has just risen above its...

The Australian small cap market declined over the August 2019 reporting season, driven by a combination of negative macro-economic factors (including the escalating...

Australian capital city home prices fell 0.2% in March, their fifth monthly fall in a row. This has brought annual growth down to 0.8% from 11.4% in May last year....

Dividend lovers: we’re witnessing a bit of a changing of the guard when it comes to the performance of ASX listed companies. Financials and in particular banks –...

For the last few years the Australian economy has been meandering between 2-3% growth. This remained the case through last year with December quarter GDP up just 0.4%,...

If Australia has an Achille’s heal it’s the high and still rising level of household debt that has gone hand in hand with the surge in house prices relative to...