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Market Update: May 2021
The Australian market finished the month of May up 2.3% rebounding from a 3.4% sell of retesting the 7,000 point level earlier in the month. Currently the market hasn’t looked back from this retest of the 7,000 point level, up over 6% at around 7,380 points at the time of writing this. The performance of the Australian share market this calendar year can mainly be attributed to the banking sector. Toward the back end of 2019 banking stocks were still
Market Update: April 2021
April saw the ASX 200 jump over 250 points in the first week of the month. For the remainder of the month the market 7,000 point barrier, however, finishing the month above this and making fresh record highs over the past week. A summary of major market returns is below: Above we can see very large one-year gains as a result of the low starting point on the back of last years crisis. However, we can see that over a
Market Update: February 2021
Australian stocks rose 1.45% in February, underperforming the 1.85% rise in the US. Large caps again led the market higher again, with the ASX 20 up 2.5%, compared to a 1.4% rise in the Small Ordinaries. The rotation continued from growth (mainly tech) to value (mainly financials) with value outperforming growth by 9.4% in February. Value has now outperformed growth for 5 months in a row, with total outperformance of +31%. All eyes in our world are watching bond yields
Market Update: January 2021
Last month I started the review with images of the capitol hill rioting and discussed how the democrats had surprisingly won both senate seats in Georgia. Thankfully The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the united states didn’t end in utter chaos as some were expecting as per the Capitol Hill storming. It is now clear that Biden is the president and we can now focus on what he will bring to the table. The ASX200 ground
Market Update: December 2020
Happy New Year! We are all hoping for a less eventful year than 2020, and 6 days in we see scenes like this! Trump supporters stormed the US Congress building, in an effort to halt the certification of President Elect Joe Biden, in scenes that have shocked the world. Congress was able to later reconvene to finalise the certification, as the fallout is now calling for immediate removal of President Trump’s powers. Meanwhile, a surprise result in the runoff election
Market Update: September 2020
Australian stocks fell 4% in September, driven by concern the global recovery could stall without more stimulus (a concern amplified by the upcoming US Election) and concern surrounding Europe’s second wave of coronavirus cases as they approach winter. Further adding to the uncertainty was the bombshell dropped on Friday with the President and the First Lady having both contracted Coronavirus, more on that later. We summarise the main indices below: Healthcare was the only major sector to post a gain
Market Update: June 2020
Equities finished the financial year in style, extending an impressive three-month run. We summarise the main indices below: All up the ASX fell 10.9% in FY20 (7.7% after accounting for dividends), which was the first down year in four years and the worst financial year since 2012. It is hard to believe that it was only February when we were celebrating a new record high! As the old adage goes, markets like to go up the stairs and down the elevator,
Market Update: May 2020
Equities continued their strong run in May as developed countries began reopening and a string of economic data coming out better than expected. We summarise the main indices as at the end of May below: Australian shares backed up a stellar April to edge up a further 4.4%. Resources (+8%) led the way higher on the back of iron ore prices which are now over $100 a tonne, caused by threats to Brazilian iron ore production due to their coronavirus
Market Update: April 2020
Equities showed remarkable recovery in April, with Australian shares, in particular, bouncing back nearly 9%! All sectors ended up positive, with Energy (+25%) and Information Technology (+22%) being the strongest performers. We summarise the main indices as at the end of April below: The recovery can mostly be attributed to growing optimism surrounding re-opening the economy and investor sentiment that indicates that we have already endured the worst. Despite this recovery, the magnitude and duration of the disruption remains unclear