In the latest update, Brian reviews events in markets during January. He discusses: How most world share markets rose over the month, other than the US Why renewed concerns about the health of the world economy have caused some central banks to ease monetary policy Why Australia’s investment … [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...]

This month, Brian reviews events in markets during October. He discusses: How global share markets regained the ground they’d lost in September How the actions of key central banks are reflecting the differences in economic performance of the major developed countries Why Australia’s … [Read more...]

In the latest update, Brian reviews events in markets during September. He discusses: why it was generally a disappointing month for share market investors how a range of geopolitical concerns continued to unsettle markets why the European Central Bank took further steps to boost eurozone … [Read more...]