ABE Weekly – 25/02/2022
ABEWeekly 25-02-22 “Life is like photography. You use the negatives to develop.” Ziad K. Abdelnour Australia Profit reporting season shows that local corporate balance sheets are overall in excellent shape. Businesses also have a record amount of cash on their balance sheets. As Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans said this week: “The cash buffers now […]
ABE Weekly – 18/02/2022
ABEWeekly 18-02-22 “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius Australia Business and household balance sheets remain in reasonable shape. Healthy corporate balance sheets mean reduced credit risk – a lower likelihood that companies will not be able to meet their debt commitments. Commonwealth Bank business banking […]
ABE Weekly – 11/02/2022
ABEWeekly 11-02-22 “If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” Dolly Parton Economic and Bond Market Outlook There is an increasing expectation that interest rates both in Australia and globally will go up sooner than previously anticipated. Australia The signs are that the Australian economy continues to strengthen, notwithstanding the continuing […]
ABE Weekly – 04/02/2022
ABEWeekly 04-02-22 “Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” John Wooden Economic and Bond Market Outlook The big economic news at home this week was the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to maintain its cash rate target at 10 basis points. The Reserve Bank also announced the end of its ‘quantitative easing’ […]
ABE Weekly – 28/01/2022
ABEWeekly 28-01-22“We don’t have to be fast; we simply have to be steady and move in the right direction. Direction is always going to trump speed.” Toni Sorenson Economic and Bond Market Outlook The past week saw high levels of volatility in share markets and in the prices of leading cryptocurrencies. The largest digital currency, […]
ABE Weekly – 21/01/2022
ABEWeekly 21-01-2022 21 January 2022 “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” C. S. Lewis Welcome to the first issue of our newsletter for 2022. We hope readers enjoyed a pleasant and relaxing summer break. Economic and Bond Market Outlook Economic conditions both locally and globally remain mixed, with further signs […]
ABE Weekly – 22/12/2021
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 22 December 2021 “The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” – Melody Beattie Bond Market Outlook Recent data and news flow continue to point to vigorous momentum in economic activity both at home and overseas, despite the ongoing challenges […]
ABE Weekly – 15/12/2021
ABEWeekly 14-12-2021 15th December 2021 Market Update “Small opportunities are often the beginning of great achievements” – Anonymous It has been one of the most challenging 2 years in modern history and that said. Last week the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) decided to maintain the status quo coming into year-end keeping the official cash rate at 10bps and continuing to buy securities at a rate of […]
ABE Weekly – 08/12/2021
ABEWeekly 08-12-2021 8th December 2021 Market Update “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming?” – Richard Branson Despite an increase in inflation, the Reserve Bank of Australia left monetary policy settings unchanged at its final meeting of the year, pointing to lacklustre progress towards other targets such as wages growth. In his post-meeting statement, RBA (Reserve […]
ABE Weekly – 01/12/2021
ABEWeekly 01-12-2021 1 December 2021 Market Update “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door?” – Milton Berle It seems COVID is the virus that keeps on giving. With the latest strain named Omicron, the world has once again been put on notice. It’s no surprise people have developed a certain amount of PTSD to the news of any […]