With Afterpay rising more than 200% and Zip more than 800% in the past two years, Latitude Financial wants a piece of the booming buy now, pay later industry.
The China trade war, Saudi oil crisis and low interest rates have all heightened global uncertainty. You would think this is a recipe for poor-performing markets, but the All Ordinaries Index and other world markets have continued to show resilience.
The much-anticipated reporting season is critical to understanding the direction of the market over the next 12 months, and could not have come at a more interesting time with the Australian market recently making a new all-time high.
This week the ASX 200 rose strongly reaching its highest level since December 2007 and just a few per cent away from achieving the elusive new all-time high.
The market rose more than 2% on Monday following the surprising election result, as short-sellers scrambled to cover positions, with banks some of the big winners.
Lendlease rose 10.6% on whispers of a potential takeover by a major Japanese company, while the US-China trade war escalation has seen Evolution Mining shares rise more than 9% in the past week.
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