Market Overview

Originally published by CMC MarketsA lower US dollar, positive moves in European shares and rumours of new US tariffs leave investors between a rock and a hard place. Macro data remains robust but the...

Originally published by IG MarketsThe economic calendar is relatively light, and markets await guidance from US President Trump about his intention for the next round of tariffs on China. This will...

US stocks rebounded from previous week’s decline but pressured below previous peaks US 10-year yield returns to 3% Dollar rallies but remains below its broken uptrend line Oil moves sideways...

Originally published by AMP CapitalInvestment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most share markets rise helped by good economic data, talk of another round of US/China...

Originally published by CuffelinksRound 5 of the Financial Services Royal Commission commenced on 6 August 2018 for two weeks with a focus on superannuation. The objectives of this round are...

Originally published by CMC Markets “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t what you got ‘til it’s gone” - Joni Mitchell Short selling is the practice of...

SPI futures are pointing to a 25-point jump at the open for the S&P/ASX 200, following a day in which the local market gave up the week’s recovery to fall 0.76 per cent.The sell-off...

Originally published by Rivkin SecuritiesThe Dow Jones climbed overnight, closing 0.57% higher. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) rallied 2.4% as analysts digest the impact of the new iPhone launch. Technology...

Originally published by CMC MarketsThe FTSE 100 is underperforming the rest of Europe as a sell-off in tobacco and oil stocks are weighing on the index.EuropeBritish American Tobacco (LON:BATS) and...

Originally published by AMP Capital Employment rose by 44,000 in August of which full time jobs rose by 33,700. Annual jobs growth remains strong at 2.5% yoy, and full time jobs growth over the last...

The busiest suburbs for auctions this week are all in Victoria. Reservoir tops the list with 20 homes scheduled for auction, followed closely by Balwyn North (17), Bentleigh East (15) and Cheltenham...

The trend unemployment rate decreased from 5.4 per cent to 5.3 per cent in the month of August 2018, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.ABS...

Originally published by CMC MarketsUnconfirmed reports that the US Treasury Secretary sought trade talks with China short circuited negative market sentiment in overnight trading. China exposed...

Originally published by IG MarketsConfidence received a boost overnight, resulting in greater risk appetite amongst traders. Behind the improved sentiment was another news leak that the US policy...