ASX 200 close up 94 points or 1.8% for the week ending 22/05/2020.

It is the tale of two charts this week. Market performance and the volatility of the market.

All of the gains for the week were wiped out on Friday, leading into the long weekend in Australia.

The market this week found support around 5200 after falling at the start of the week.

ASX 200 close up 2.2% for the week ending 17/04/2020.

The coming months will be critical in this respect. If restrictions on the economy are left in place too long, we can expect to see a prolonged recession or depression.

Last week the market closed at 4842, this week we closed up 225 points at 5067

The ASX 200 held its ground this week. I

The ASX 200 continued its downward move this week closing at 4900 points with the market down 28% from the highs of only a month ago.

With the market recording some of the biggest drops in history what should you do as an investor.

February was a big month for the market.

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Right now we have a number of issues which affect not just our market but World markets.

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RBA Governor Lowe will be giving a speech titled Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy, so it is likely there will be a major reaction in bond markets today, which could well reverberate through to our share market.

However, historically we tend to see the market sell down over May and into June with a recover in November.

The Australian Market had a positive month in April, with a gain of 1.9%

Labor's plan to axe cash refunds for excess franking credits and although this has hit the headlines they have other plans as well.

The Australian Market went nowhere in March 2019. We saw a pullback in the early stage of the month as investors took some profits on the back of a concern over interest rates.

The key take away is that average working person will get some tax relief to assist with the ever increasing cost of living in Australia.

Just over 12 months ago all we heard in the Media was Donald Trump, 12 months on not we are still hearing about Donald Trump but the wealth of the USA has increased.

The last 12 months have produced solid gains in the stock market; overall the market is up 600 points or 11.7%.

Before Christmas the market was sitting on 5700, and I made the following predictions:

The Australian stock market had one of the strongest months on record with the ASX 200 producing a 4.9% gain for the month.

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Labors proposal to take away the refund of franking credits only indicates the lengths they will go to buy votes.

In 2013 the Australian market started the recovery out of the GFC. At this point volatility was still high it took two years before it broke through the 6000 points for the ASX 200 in February 2015.