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29 April It was a messy ride for global share markets over the last week as there was little progress towards fresh US/Iran talks and the
The RBA's decision to hike rates to 4.35% was no surprise with it being about 75% factored in by the money market and 21 of the 22 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expecting a hike.
Global share markets rose strongly over the last week led by US shares on the back of renewed hopes for a peace deal with Iran to reopen the Strait, strong US earnings results and mostly good economic data.
13 May Global share markets rose strongly over the last week led by US shares on the back of renewed hopes for a peace deal with Iran to
This note takes a look at some of the main questions investors have in a simple Q&A format, particularly around the oil supply shock, global bonds, China, the Australian Federal Budget and the RBA.
I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.
27 May Global share markets mostly rose over the last week with ongoing hopes for a deal to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and US strong
The week started on an optimistic note with Trump saying last weekend that “final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed and will be announced shortly”. But this was followed by more military strikes on Iran and Trump saying he is “not satisfied” – so oil prices rebounded. But the indications are now that a tentative deal has been reached, pending Trump's sign-off. This looks like it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire for 60 days during which negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program will proceed. Of course, the deal could still collapse with Iran's tolling of ships through the Strait a potential sticking point and a cynic might say this just leaves us where things were before the War with no progress on Iran's nuclear ambitions so it could all flare up again…as Iran is adept at dragging things out.
3 June The past week has been dominated by developments around a US/Iran peace deal – but despite some gyrations its looking like a deal is on the way.
. Around mid week shares were under pressure as missile exchanges with Iran ramped up to their highest since the ceasefire started as Trump said he will hit Iran “very hard”, driving oil prices up again. But on Thursday shares spiked as Trump (yet again) said a deal may be signed “in coming days” with tech stocks also buoyed by the successful SpaceX IPO.
