The Australian Sharemarket rose strongly in the March quarter. The S&P ASX200 closed at 5,891. The strong performance was driven by the continued search for yield. Magnified by a 0.25% pa cut in the Reserve Banks interest rate and market expectations of further interest rate cuts. Creating fear in the fixed interest market as deposits mature with investors lo

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• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate at 2.50% pa for
  

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• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cas
  

The Australian market performance has been flat this quarter with the S&P ASX200 closing at 5,395, notwithstanding individual stocks within the index have experienced significant volatility.

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• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate at 2.50% pa for the quarter stating current policy stance was likely to be appropr
  

Market volatility persisted into the March quarter and the Australian sharemarket closed slightly higher with the S&P ASX 200 increasing to 5,394.83. However, price movement of companies in the market continues to be very volatile.

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• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate at 2.50% pa for the quarter, stating “i
  

The December quarter was volatile due to US tapering announcements but managed to finish the quarter higher with the S&P ASX 200 increasing to 5,352.21.

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• The Australian economy continues to be heavily influenced by events out of the US and China. Most notably US discussion around the timing of reducing the amount of money the U
  

The September quarter was industrious despite many Global challenges with the S&P ASX 200 increasing to 5,218.90.

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• The Australian economy continues to be heavily influenced by events out of the US and China.
• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut rates in August by 25 basis points (0.25%) to 2.50%, stating “a low
  

The June quarter has delivered increasing sharemarket volatility with the S&P ASX 200 closing at 4,803.

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• The prevailing question in the Australian sharemarket continues to be whether the non-mining sector can offset the slow down occurring in the mining sector.
  • Several mining and mining services co
    

The sharemarket rally has continued into the March quarter with the S&P ASX 200 finishing at 4,967. The market sectors benefiting from the rally in the period were Consumer Staples, Telecommunications, Healthcare and Financials.

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• Notwithstanding the above comment the recent upward market momentum appears to have stalled into a
  

The December quarter has delivered relief for investors with the S&P ASX 200 finishing the quarter up 6% closing at 4,648 due to two rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and market commentary predicting further rate cuts in 2013. The impact of the rate cuts has created a chase for yield, which has driven the market to levels not seen since March