Financial markets have reacted very badly to the upending of global trade. But that doesn’t mean you should panic.
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The Australian Securities Exchange – or ASX – is supposed to keep financial markets ‘fair, orderly and transparent’. Why is it being taken to court?
Australian bitcoin ‘exchange traded funds’ may still find it hard to attract interest from large institutional investors, who often enjoy lower fees and greater liquidity in the US.
Guzman y Gomez is listing on the Australian Stock Exchange. What exactly does this mean, and how might it help them sell more burritos?
Our super funds could have cleaned up when the market crashed 40% and then rebounded by about as much. That they didn’t says a lot about how hard it is to time trades.
Shutting down the stock market would be like closing our eyes and shooting the messenger.
The coronavirus stock market crash is more jumpy, and harder to rein in, in part because of the role of retirees.
The Conversation’s 2020 economic survey points to a dismal year, with no progress on many of the key measures that matter for Australians and an increase in the unemployment rate.
The Conversation’s distinguished panel predicts unusually weak growth, dismal spending, no improvement in either unemployment or wage growth, and an increased chance of recession.
Monday’s share market surge was a pure as any a test of what the market thought.
What if we were part-paid in something that was like shares in the firm we worked for, except better. It might give us better pay rises.
Bank shares soared 4% to 7% after the royal commission report. That could be because it will do them little harm.
The Conversation has assembled a forecasting team of 19 academic economists from 12 universities across six states. Together, they assign a 25% probability to a recession within two years.
Volatility indexes show that investors have been complacent about the risk of a share market correction.
World markets bounced back surprisingly quickly after Trump’s election. Here are a few theories as to why.
Some might say that financial markets over-reacted to the Brexit vote and the market reaction to the US election is the same. But Brexit won’t happen till 2019, a Trump victory has already happened.
The best answer for dealing with a volatile market is to do nothing.
January returns are not a magic bullet that can be used to forecast stock market performance.
As creditors consider the fallout from the demise of Dick Smith, the private equity firm that floated it has already counted its profits.
Volatility is not going away any time soon, and if the US Fed decision plays the wrong way on the Australian dollar, our central bank could soon be back in the jawboning business.
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW
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Professor, Finance, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Professor of Economics and Finance, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics, Australian National University
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Director, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW
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Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Finance, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Executive Director, The Conexus Institute; Associate Investigator, CEPAR, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, Adelaide University