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Market Commentary: September 2020

Growth assets declined in September. Investors adopted a more cautious stance due to a number of factors such as: The acceleration of COVID-19 cases globally, particularly the rise in the northern hemisphere; the lack of further stimulus or bond buying programs announced by central banks; and uncertainty around the US Presidential election on 3rd November.

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August was a strong month for growth assets with share market returns ranging from 2.5% to 8%. This is perplexing when we consider that COVID-19 cases globally are now over 25 million and the pandemic is not contained in some countries/regions.

However, central banks globally continue their “whatever it takes” rhetoric with the US Federal Reserve de-prioritising its historical 2% inflation rate target in favour of a new “inflation averaging” framework that will allow inflation to run above the previous 2% target before any central bank intervention i.e. interest rate hikes.

This change in policy saw yield curves steepen which led to losses for traditionally long duration fixed income benchmarks for the month. Find out more here >> https://bit.ly/35IRQ8F

Market Commentary April 2020

After equities entered a bear market in the March quarter with many equity indices down over 20%, in April we saw markets rebound strongly as central bank support coupled with the flatting/reduction of COVID-19 cases gave investors some much needed hope and confidence that the world could potentially return to “normality”.

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Market Commentary April 2020 – AU Blog Market Commentary April 2020 After equities entered a bear market in the March quarter with many equity indices down over 20%, in April we saw markets rebound strongly as central bank support coupled with the flatting/reduction of COVID-19 cases gave investors some much needed hope and confidence th...

Between panic and the ‘fear of missing out’: what to do

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global health crisis and a deep slump in economic activity around the world. Job numbers are falling rapidly and unemployment is surging. Investment markets are in panic mode.

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Between panic and the ‘fear of missing out’: what to do – AU Blog Between panic and the ‘fear of missing out’: what to do The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global health crisis and a deep slump in economic activity around the world. Job numbers are falling rapidly and unemployment is surging. Investment markets are in panic mode. Many governments — those...