WHEN the whole of the investment world starts to talk about the more daunting and likely prospect of a recession here in Australia, it causes everyone to acknowledge the possibility of that occurring. So in times of this uncertainty we turn to our est...
FOR those of you who felt that we had a rough year last year, your gut feelings have now been confirmed.Datastream has released the graph (right) which shows what a miserable year it was in just about every market around the world.
ONE of the biggest challenges financial planners face is getting clients not to focus on short-term performance, firstly as an indicator of future near term returns and secondly as an indicator of long-term results.
THE chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, David Knott, has just announced a major investigation into the financial status of Australia’s unlisted solicitors mortgage investment schemes.
DAVID Shirlow says he is confused. What hope is there for those of us who are not the technical services associate director for Macquarie Funds Management?And what is confusing him?
ONE of the most asked questions in recent days has been whether the glowing performances of the BT Funds Management team over the last few years has come to a grinding halt.
DREYFUS Securities in Bangkok sounds like a very plausible name for a securities dealer, doesn’t it?So thought the winner of the February Gull of the Month award on the Australian Sec-urities and Investments Com-mission.
THE fall in demand for properties in WA and the traditional summer surge of home listings has prompted Gavin Hegney, of Hegney Property Valuations, to suggest to home sellers not to list their homes for sale until next autumn.
THERE will always be a debate between stockbrokers and property analysts as to which asset class will provide the best returns over a period of time.There is little doubt that Australian investors have favoured property over many years.
THE December meeting of the US Federal Reserve was significant from a number of points of view.It was the first time in a little while that we saw the Fed actually move to a bias towards easing rates rather than raising them.
FOR those of you who thought that the “tech-wreck” was over, it is still not safe to dip your toe in the water!Yahoo, once the darling of the “new media”, has just delivered the Internet sector a severe body blow.
WA’s domestic economy is slowing quite dramatically.In the June quarter of 2000 the State economy grew by 0.4 per cent. In the September quarter, the economy contracted by 3.3 per cent.
THE last few days have seen a stumble in the bond markets.The question analysts are contemplating is whether the rally on major bond markets is now officially over or whether this is simply a pause.
