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July 2020

Chinese trade bounce seeds third quarter rebound

China's exports rose 0.5 per cent and imports 2.7 per cent in June, beating expectations and setting the scene to overtake US growth and underwrite two-thirds of Australia's exports.

Watch AFR Inside Markets Episode 6: What’s next for the economy?

Join Markets Editor Vesna Poljak, senior Economics Writer John Kehoe, and their expert guests for a discussion of Australia's economic outlook.

Super funds ponder getting off the tech train

The COVID-19 crisis has made tech stocks the surprise defensive allocation, super fund chief investment officers agree.

Watch AFR Inside Markets Episode 5: Chief Investment Officer Insights

Join the Financial Review's Jonathan Shapiro and Joanna Mather, alongside leading Chief Investment Officers, to discuss investment strategies for changing market conditions.

June 2020

Watch AFR Inside Markets Episode 3: International Equities

Join the Financial Review's Jonathan Shapiro and Tom Richardson, alongside expert guests, as they talk trends and strategies for global equity investors.

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Stockland's Andrew Whitson has faith in residential property.

Housing market intact for now, say experts

There are mixed signals when it comes to measuring the health of the housing market as the fiscal cliff looms.

Sydney and Melbourne property markets were hit the hardest by the border closure.

Oversupply and weak demand to hit house prices further

Ongoing weakness in buyer demand combined with large numbers of houses coming online are set to dampen price recovery this year.

Watch AFR Inside Markets Episode 4: Residential property

Join the Financial Review's Jonathan Shapiro and Nick Lenaghan, alongside expert guests, as they talk trends and strategies for residential property investment.

Qiao Ma of Cooper Investments says some companies are seizing the COVID opportunity.

Investors of all sizes capable of crazy bets

There are pockets of irrationality – and not just in the retail segment – of the stockmarket after an incredible rally from March, global fund managers say.

Payment giant Visa is likely to benefit from  the inevitable shift from cash to digital payments.

Fund managers tip rich pickings among global equities

There's equal opportunity for growth and value investors alike across Asian and US equity markets according to a panel of leading investors.

Top fund managers wary on buy now, pay later sector

Huge success is already priced into the valuations of buy now, pay later players according to top fund managers.

BlackRock's Charlie Lanchester says the rally will be tested in August when companies report their earnings.

Australian sharemarket in the 'eye of the storm'

While the great Aussie stock rally is largely justified, top fund managers say the market may now have run ahead of earnings.

Panelists debate Australian Equities on Episode 2 of AFR Insider Markets

Watch AFR Inside Markets Ep 2: Australian Equities

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Watch AFR Inside Markets Ep 1: What's next for the economy?

Join markets editor Vesna Poljak, economics correspondent Matt Cranston, and their expert guests for a discussion of Australia's markets outlook.

"If the Fed goes negative then I think all bets are off," said David Plank.

'Never say never' when it comes to negative rates

The RBA is not interested but the day may come when it has to openly admit negative interest rates are part of the monetary toolkit.

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May 2020

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