Market Overview

Originally published by CMC MarketsStocks lost ground in Europe and the US yesterday on the back of the President Trump’s threat to impose $200 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports. Mr...

According to CoreLogic preliminary auction results, the week ending 6th of July saw just 15 commercial properties go up for auction across Australia, following a trend of declining auction volumes...

Originally published by CuffelinksEditor’s introduction. In The Sydney Morning Herald on 29 June 2018, columnist and advertising executive Howard Mitchell described how he first met “the...

Originally published by IFM InvestorsAs the second half of 2018 begins it appears that peak investor and participant bullishness towards the much vaunted synchronous global economic cycle has now...

Originally published by AxiTraderInvestors are once again focused on the trade tensions between the USA and China, which weighed on risk sentiment. While the reaction in the major FX pairs has been...

Originally published by IG Markets“It’s a negotiating tactic” was the perhaps naive and wilfully ignorant catch cry amongst traders. Global equities continued to sell-off overnight,...

Originally published by CMC MarketsShare and commodity markets deflated overnight as the reality of expanded trade barriers hit markets. Despite a long lead time for the additional US tariffs markets...

Originally published by Rivkin SecuritiesTrade wars continue to drive markets and last night commodities were the main victim of this war. The CRB commodity index lost 2.75% while oil plunged almost...

Originally published by CuffelinksThe broad Australian share market posted total returns (including dividends) of 14% for the 2017-2018 year. This was the sixth straight financial year of positive...

Invest Housing FinanceSUMMARY OF FINDINGS DWELLINGS FINANCED Value of Dwellings Financed The total value of dwelling commitments excluding alterations and additions (trend) fell 0.7% in May 2018...

MARCH KEY FIGURES NOTES FORTHCOMING ISSUES ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date June 2018 10 October 2018 September 2018 16 January 2019

Originally published by Rivkin SecuritiesAnother strong session for US stocks saw the Dow Jones climb another 0.6% although the Nasdaq 100 only barely managed a gain. Several of the big tech names,...

Originally published by CMC MarketsAfter a night of positive trading in Europe and the US futures markets have turned suddenly negative. Reports that the White House is readying to impose a further...

Originally published by AxiTraderWelcome to my daily Markets Musings Aapologies for the lateness the trade war news meant I had to rewrite quite a bit of today’s report. Feedback always...