FLAU News and Press, Franklin FTSE Australia From 08/03/21

The Delta variant of the coronavirus is rattling markets and poses real risks, but we should not be distracted from the successful impact of vaccinations. The effectiveness of vaccinations is the reason U.S. real GDP is back to pre-crisis levels amid this still-raging pandemic. Gl...

Our newly released findings from the second quarter of 2021 indicate that the volatility surrounding the recent reversal in market sentiment is creating additional opportunities for skilled managers. We expect this to remain the case in the months ahead as concerns over inflation and ...

Australia’s better-than-expected economic performance since the pandemic began has been grist to the mill for those who think tighter policy could be on the cards. Higher year-on-year inflation readings had been expected in 2021 because of the base effects created during 2020 w...

All eyes are on the US next week as the Fed meets and we head into peak earnings season. Earnings season is off to a very strong start and it will step up a notch next week with a number of big tech companies reporting. There’ll also be a raft of economic releases which will gr...

Delta variant outbreak hits Australian economy. Divergence in employment conditions seen between manufacturing and services. Price pressures ease but supply constraints persist. For further details see: Flash Australia PMI Signals Economy In Contraction Amid Widespread L...

The Asia-Pacific region experienced a recession in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Asia-Pacific GDP contracting by an estimated 1.1%. During the second half of 2020, many Asia-Pacific economies had shown a significant recovery in economic momentum. However, recovery mome...

Australia’s gross domestic product grew by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2021 and 1.1% compared with the same period last year. In Australian dollar terms, the RBA Index of Commodity Prices has risen by more than 30% since July 2020, and in monthly terms are at their second high...

China-Australia trade tensions have escalated significantly in 2020-21, with Australian exports of goods having been impacted by an increasing array of trade policy actions by China. Even during 2019, there had been some temporary disruptions of Australian coal shipments to certain Ch...

Global stocks are all over the place as some indexes fall into correction as others continue to extend higher into record territory. Asian stocks should have a strong open following the PBOC’s RRR cut. This is quite the pivot by the central bank and it should support the notion...

As the world convalesced from the pandemic, stocks advanced in the second quarter and earnings rebounded across sectors. With business gains broadening amid complex market risks, we think investors should lean on quality to find stocks that will perform well in a normalizing world eco...