The Australian equity market provides one of the best opportunities for investors hunting for foreign dividend stocks. As a developed economy the country has positive factors that are common in other developed countries such as those in Europe, the US, etc. For example, political risk is practically zero. Though the Australian economy is a resource-based economy …
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The U.S. market has performed well this year with the S&P 500 up 11.8% as of yesterday. On the other hand, many of the other developed markets including Australia.are lower than the U.S. market.Australia’s SP/ASX 200 benchmark index is basically flat at -0.30% year-to-date. The following chart shows the long-term performance of ASX 200 against S&P 500: Click …
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China is the largest destination for Australian exports followed by Japan. Click to enlarge Australian economy is in the doldrums since the prices of its major export commodities have fallen heavily as shown in the chart below: Source: The Australian Economy and Financial Markets, Chart Pack, Sept 2014, Reserve Bank of Australia
Australia is commodity-based economy with China being its largest export market. Hence one of the factors that investors in Australian equities need to consider in their analysis is the impact of commodity prices due to the decreased demand from China and other global economies in general. Australia’s Top 5 Exports in 2012-13: Click to enlarge Australia’s …
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The Australian economy has performed relatively well among the developed economies. In fact, Australia escaped largely unscathed during the global financial crisis of 2008-09 when Europe and the U.S. economies went into a tailspin. According to a report by J.P.Morgan Australia has avoided recession for 23 years even beating the performance of The Netherlands. Australia’s economy has had positive …