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Our investment updates keep you informed about what’s happening in investment markets and how your superannuation is performing.
November 18th, 2024
In the October market update, Dr Vivian Xu, Quantitative Research Consultant from Frontier’s Capital Markets and Asset Allocation team, talks about the recent volatility in the Chinese market, due to the introduction of stimulus policies. Meanwhile in the US, she notes that the US economy is resilient, with household consumption holding strong and inflation coming […]
November 11th, 2024
Here’s a summary of what’s been happening in the investment world and how it affects your superannuation (your retirement savings). Inflation is being reigned in Central banks in different countries have been working to control inflation (the rise in prices). Their efforts are starting to work in some countries, keeping inflation within a safe range […]
October 30th, 2024
In the September market update, Dr Vivian Xu, Quantitative Research Consultant from Frontier. Capital Markets and Asset Allocation team, talks about the U.S Federal Reserve’s rate cut. Dr Xu says it wasn’t a surprise given the market had been pricing in a cut, but there was some debate about how many basis points it would […]
September 16th, 2024
In the August market update, Dr Vivian Xu, Quantitative Research Consultant from the Frontier Capital Markets team talks about the market selloff at the start of August and the recovery. She discusses how Japan experienced the most extreme swing, and the volatility in global markets. But after the initial volatility, she says, it corrected quite […]
August 9th, 2024
In the July market update, Dr Vivian Xu, Quantitative Research Consultant from the Frontier Capital Markets and Asset Allocation team talks about developments in the US and Chinese markets. She highlights the declining inflation in the US, which has been encouraging for investors because we could be nearing the rate cutting cycle. While the US […]
August 6th, 2024
In the June Market Update, Frontier’s Senior Consultant Shahana Mukherjee talks about some of the major central bank/monetary policy decisions made in June. She covers the European Central Bank’s June cut; the US Federal Reserve, which left its policy rate unchanged; and the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to leave the cash rate unchanged at […]
August 2nd, 2024
Here’s a look at what’s been happening in investment markets recently and what it means for your superannuation. Interest rates: will they, or won’t they? Expectations on when central banks will reduce interest rates have changed. Inflation remains stubborn and above the Central Bank range. This saw the US Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank […]
June 17th, 2024
In the Investment Market update for May, Frontier’s Senior Consultant Shahana Mukherjee talks about inflation edging higher in the US and Australia in March. Cash rates have as a result remained unchanged in both countries. The increase in inflation rates has caused the RBA to revise its inflation forecast for the end of the year […]
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