This month, Brian reviews events in markets during February. He discusses: How world share markets rose over the month, supported by central bank policies of keeping interest rates very low; How Greece’s agreement with European authorities to extend its bailout deal boosted the Greek share … [Read more...]

In this article, Brian Parker looks at the European Central Bank’s recent announcement of a massive program of quantitative easing (QE). “While the QE measures just announced are better than hoped for, more needs to be done to address the Eurozone’s structural problems.”  Brian discusses the … [Read more...]

This month, Brian reviews events in markets during December. He discusses: Why many world share markets had a fairly weak month, an exception being strong performance by China’s market; How Australian shares made solid gains for the month and most asset classes delivered quite good returns to … [Read more...]

This month, Brian reviews events in markets during November. He discusses: how global share markets generally performed fairly well, with Australia being one of the few markets to lose ground how the actions of key central banks remain a key influence on markets why Australia's economic … [Read more...]

As 2014 draws to a close, it’s time to review what’s happened in investment markets this year and look ahead to 2015.’ In this article, Brian Parker reviews the financial patterns, trends and events of 2014, addressing: how it has been another good year for share market investors; how … [Read more...]