The Reserve Bank of Australia has today raised the cash rate from 0.1% to 0.35% after having slashed it to 0.1% in the midst of the pandemic. What does this mean for you?

That depends on your situation.

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When news of Donald Trump’s impending election victory started filtering through in the afternoon of 9 November 2016, markets were thrown into turmoil. 

In Australia, the National Accounts released in September showed the economy grew 0.5% in the June quarter to be 3.3% above year ago levels. 

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the official cash rate by 0.25% to 1.5% at its August board meeting, having last cut rates by the same amount in May. 

Many clients are concerned of the affect of Donald Trump winning office of POTUS in the upcoming U.S. Elections. BT Investment Solutions have provided a one page description and explanation of how the Donald has progressed this far.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the cash rate by 0.25% to 1.75% at its May board meeting. 

Challenging times call for unusual solutions, and the idea of negative interest rates is particularly unorthodox. 

Low growth, low inflation, flat sharemarkets and a falling Australian dollar are set to continue into 2016, according to forecasts from some of Australia's leading economists.

Economic growth of a meagre 0.2% last quarter, more than 770,000 Australians unemployed, paltry wages growth and a flailing sharemarket – is Australia going to be OK or could we be heading for a recession?

Although the troubles in Greece’s economy have been the main event in global share markets in recent times, there’s a more pressing worry in international markets that’s closer to home.

BT Financial Group’s Head of Diversified Portfolio Management, Piers Bolger, looks at what’s happening in investment markets at home and around the world.

The outlook for the domestic economy is mixed, with its performance likely to be led by events on global markets for the remainder of 2015.

Investors have endured volatile market conditions so far in 2015. While economic growth is improving in the US and UK, in other regions it has been more subdued.

Financial markets have experienced a solid run in the last six to 12 months, with both higher (i.e. equities) and lower (i.e. fixed income) risk investments all performing relatively well.

The equity market rally at the back-end of 2012 has continued into 2013 with ‘risk’ seemingly now well and truly back in vogue with global equity markets continuing to move higher.