The Latest Breaking News on Markets

The Australian share market falls in afternoon trade as European stocks tumble on recession fears, while the Australian dollar sinks to a two-year low and oil prices plunge by more than 9 per cent.

YESTERDAY’s market optimism seemed to evaporate today in a cloud of worry about the pound, the UK economy and travel despair.

The Australian share market has wrapped up the financial year sharply lower, with health care the only sector to close in the green. Meanwhile, AGL has told shareholders Brookfield has bought into the company through a subsidiary.

Goldman Sachs has elevated their recession and bear market indicator to 35% odds of happening within the next 2 years. That may not sound that alarming at first, but do realize that most bear markets come around when less than 50% of experts predict it’s on the way. So this…

In last week's commentary we spoke about the big bounce of the S&P 500 (SPY) that got us back in the mix of all the key trend lines (50/100/200 day moving averages). And likely we would be stuck in a trading range around those levels for a while as investors…

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Scary as they are, drawdowns are a normal part of the investing process. Having a financial plan in place and sticking to it is every investor's best friend.