ABE Weekly 07/10/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 7 October 2022 ABE Weekly 7 October 22 Key Points RBA lifts cash rate target Ukraine/Russia war Bond market outlook Current investment opportunities RBA Update The RBA lifted the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 2.60 percent on Tuesday, for the sixth month in a row. The smaller […]
ABE Weekly 30/09/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 30 September 2022 “Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done.” – Jack Canfield Key Points Optus hacked British treasury bonds drop US Fed keeps raising rates Australia Optus reported a cyber-attack that resulted in a data breach of up to […]
ABE Weekly 23/09/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 23 September 2022 ABE Weekly 23 September 22 Highlight The Federal Reserve delivered its third straight interest rate increase of 0.75 percent, taking the policy rate to 3-3.25 percent. More increases are expected as the world’s largest economy battles soaring prices, with the FOMC said it anticipated “ongoing increases…will be […]
ABE Weekly 16/09/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 16 September 2022 ABE Weekly 16 September 22 Highlight Surging inflation in the US economy could lead to further interest rate rises in Australia according to financial experts, as $60 billion was wiped off the ASX on Wednesday on renewed fears of a global recession. All 11 sharemarket sectors fell, […]
ABE Weekly 9/09/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 9 September 2022 “Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets … any sound investment will eventually pay off.” — Carlos Slim Helu ABE Weekly 9 September 22 Key Points Reserve bank increases cash rate by 50bps AUD bond market snapshot Current account surplus Global update, US & China […]
ABE Weekly 2/9/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 2 September 2022 “Inflation feeds in part on itself, so part of the job of returning to a more stable and more productive economy must be to break the grip of inflationary expectations” – Chairman Paul Volcker, 1979 ABE Weekly 2 September 22 Key Points Fed’s message triggers sharp falls in […]
ABE Weekly 26/08/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 26 August 2022 “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator” –Benjamin Graham ABE Weekly 26 August 22 Key Points Traders pump money into the US debt market as inflation eases Australian Green debt on the rise $130bn loss on China developers’ dollar […]
ABE Weekly – $2.4 trillion flows into bonds
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 19 August 2022 “It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.” — George Soros ABE Weekly 19 August 22 Key Points Australia’s $2.4 trillion of super funds pivot to bonds Interest rate update […]
ABE Weekly 12/08/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 12 August 2022 “It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” John Maynard Keynes ABE Weekly 12 August 22 Key Points ABS unveils CPI Indicator report RBA’s interest rate outlook divides amongst leading economists US inflation eases Meta Platforms Inc sold $10 billion in first ever corporate bond […]
ABE Weekly -Time in the market beats timing the market
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 5 August 2022 “Time in the market beats timing the market.” – Ken Fisher ABE Weekly 5 August 22 Key Points RBA lifts cash rates by 50bps Housing finance approvals drop sharply in June Beijing on high alert after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan First grain shipment from Ukraine Heatwave […]