Share markets
Updated: AXA guide to investment markets
Have you been watching the investment markets fluctuate over the past year and wondering if you should be getting back in, or just in at all? If so you may be interested in this perspective published by AXA Australia today called Charting The Future – Guide To Investment Markets. This is an updated version of [...]
Average duration of Australian bull and bear markets
Zurich have published this graph showing the average duration of Australian bull and bear markets from 1970 to December 2009. The index used is the ASX200. Download the graph here. Average Australian Bull Market Average Bull Market Duration: 38 months Average Annual Bull Market Return: 30.8% Average Australian Bear Market Average Bear Market Duration: 15 months Average Annual [...]
A guide to investment markets in 2010
Have you been watching the investment markets recover over the past year and wondering if you should be getting back in, or just in at all? If so you may be interested in this perspective published by AXA Australia today called “Reading the Signs. A guide to investment markets in 2010.” The guide is easy [...]
Trading in Exchange Traded Funds
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are like traditional managed funds (which you may be familiar with) but they are instead traded on a stock exchange like other company stocks. For do-it-yourself investors it is handy to know about ETFs and how they work. It is also important to understand how they are different to Listed Investment [...]
How long markets have taken to recover
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Statement on Monetary Policy (released 6th February 2009) included the following graph of the largest falls in Australian equities (aka shares). As the RBA note in their report “Historical experience indicates that, following large falls, it can take between three and six years for the share market to recoup losses”. [...]
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