Please find below an excerpt from the RBA regarding the 0.25% rate cut decision to take the rate to 2% for your perusal:- Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.0 per cent, ... Read more
7th-largest economy? The answer might surprise you
CNBC – Sat, Apr 25, 2015 2:05 AM AEST If our oceans were considered a country, their worth would outshine the likes of Russia and Brazil's economies, according to a new report. The world's oceans are worth $24 trillion and generate $2.5 trillion in goods and services annually, making it ... Read more
“What I leaned in China” by Mark Sowerby of Blue Sky Alternative Investments
This is an excerpt from the April Blue Sky Newsletter written by Mark Sowerby that I thought was worth sharing:- Many Chinese have made good money over the last 10-15 years as the Chinese economy boomed. Many of them have saved substantial amounts of money and have been spooked by the ... Read more
The big obstacle to a May rate cut —Business Spectator
By Miranda Maxwell Those surprised by the Reserve Bank's decision to keep rates on hold for a second consecutive month in April have something unlikely in common with South Africa’s Woolworths Holdings: underestimating Solomon Lew at their peril. When announcing strong first-half ... Read more
The messy politics of economic divergence — by Mohamed El-Erian
Mohamed A. El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz and a member of its International Executive Committee, is Chairman of President Barack Obama’s Global Development Council. He previously served as CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO. He was named one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global ... Read more
Why Australia may not have a recession —Business Spectator
Whether or not Australia has a recession this year or next seems to now depend entirely on the housing sector and that, in turn, is being driven almost entirely by population growth. Apart from that, recession seems to be on the cards. Last week China lowered its growth target for 2015 ... Read more
Searching for yield: are hybrids the solution?
Thursday, February 12th, 2015 (Clime Asset Management) A good explanation on hybrids that is worth sharing given the recent string of offerings in the market place. Too often, these are 'sold' as replacement for Term Deposits by bankers to their clients. They are NOT so and do carry equity ... Read more
Activist Funds —From The Economist
Activist funds An investor calls Sometimes ill mannered, speculative and wrong, activists are rampant. They will change American capitalism for the better Feb 7th 2015 | From the print edition IMAGINE that you are an American CEO. You have just spent your week dealing with the damned ... Read more
Interest Rate Drop Today — 3rd February 2015
Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent, effective 4 February 2015. Growth in the global economy continued at a moderate pace in 2014. China's growth was in line with ... Read more
Gold’s Moment to Shine —Business Spectator
Gold's moment to shine by Ric Spooner Commodity markets have recently seen investors and traders engaged in the dispiriting business of adjusting their expectations ever lower as fresh price support levels are broken with alarming frequency. Perhaps surprisingly, gold is one ... Read more
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