BondAdviser Ratesheet as at 13 July 2016
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Jul, 2016
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Jul, 2016
Fixed Income Vs Equities
In Australia the fixed income asset class receives comparatively less media attention than equities. For this reason, many investors find fixed income jargon, research and its related concepts confusing and hard to understand. However, in periods of extreme volatility relatively safe income securities can be the backstop to portfolio losses by offsetting the underperformance of other asset classes. While [...]
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Jul, 2016
What is Fixed Income?
The fixed income asset class is the broad classification for debt securities that pay a specified distribution over a defined period. A fixed income security is always issued with a specified face value called the principal. Over the life time of the security, an investor will receive periodic interest payments and repayment of face value at maturity. As a result, [...]
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Jul, 2016
BondAdviser Ratesheet as at 12 July 2016
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Jul, 2016
BondAdviser Ratesheet as at 11 July 2016
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Jul, 2016
Sovereign Downgrade
Following S&P’s announcement on Thursday that Australia’s outlook had been downgraded to “Negative”, the agency stated on a conference call it would be unlikely that Australia’s “local currency rating” would stay at AAA if the “foreign currency rating” is cut. As a consequence of the outlook downgrade some federal government agencies and the state governments of New South Wales, Victoria [...]
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Jul, 2016
Weekly Highlights
Last week was fairly neutral for Australian equity investors but the bond market continued its rally with the 10-Year Australian Government Bond Yield hitting new all-time lows (again) of 1.84%. On Thursday, Rating Agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) announced it had put the Australia Sovereign Rating on “Negative Outlook”. In essence, this report gives us a 33% chance of a [...]
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Jul, 2016
BondAdviser Ratesheet as at 8 July 2016
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Jul, 2016
BondAdviser Ratesheet as at 7 July 2016
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Jul, 2016
BondAdviser Ratesheet as at 6 July 2016
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