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Global sharemarkets moved higher through June, rounding out a strong June quarter and first half of the year. Markets have continued to look through the geopolitical headlines – the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, concern over oil supply, and uncertainty around global central bank policy. Instead focusing on better-than-expected US economic activity, stronger US … Read more
A calming of trade tensions between the US and China, a quick resolution to the Israel – Iran conflict, and the prospect of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) cutting interest rates allowed US share markets to rise in June. As the year progresses US policy uncertainty is expected to diminish as the Trump administration focusses … Read more
November was another strong month for sharemarkets which set aside geopolitical events (the ongoing war in Ukraine and the escalation of conflict in the Middle East) in favour of a settled election outcome in the US and the prospect that inflation is easing. The US sharemarket has focused on Trump’s business friendly policies of lower … Read more