Are We There Yet? – Market Update 14th August 2021

The latest edition of our finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour. In today’s show we look at the performance of the markets, from the US, Europe and Asia and consider the underlying drivers, as in Australia, companies are handing back loads of cash to shareholders via buybacks. Even as Delta continues to rage.

CONTENTS

0:00 Start
0:15 Introduction
0:43 US Markets
1:24 Sentiment Slumped
3:55 Disney
7:28 Oil
9:55 Iron Ore Prices Down
12:02 Container Index
13:00 Asia
14:22 Australian Market
18:02 Buy-Backs
21:00 Results
24:35 New Zealand Monetary Policy
25:20 Bitcoin And Hedges
26:30 Conclusion and Close

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Author: Martin North

Martin North is the Principal of Digital Finance Analytics

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