Weekly Wrap: Where are the markets heading

This week has seen some diverging views on where the markets are heading with stories from AMP and Alliance Bernstein.

AMP expects strong returns to continue
AMP Capital expects the strong returns of the December quarter to continue this quarter.

Best of golden weather over
Australian-based Alliance Bernstein director, retail markets Bruce Garratt, who is in New Zealand at the moment, is warning advisers that the good returns from international shares won’t continue this year. [more]

To get an in-depth look at where markets are heading and experts’ views on the big issues such as tax and insurance, you must read the February issue of ASSET.

It has our annual Financial Forecasts feature – sponsored by AXA – which digs into the big issues.

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We have put the full version of the review of tax on Good Returns – check it out in the Features section.

Tax issues outlook for 2006: another watershed year?
PricewaterhouseCoopers tax partner Paul Mersi says 2006 is the crunch year for tax issues. [more]