by Michael Collins, Investment Commentator at Fidelity June 2014 Amid all the threats and counter-threats between Russia and the west over recent events in Ukraine was a warning by Kremlin aide Sergei Glazyev that Moscow might orchestrate the end of the US dollar’s role as the world’s ... Read more
Why the Australian dollar is unexpectedly strong
June 2014 The floating of the Australian dollar in 1983 is among the most significant economic changes implemented by our policymakers over the past 40 years, even arguably the most substantial. A market-set currency carries the advantage that it helps insulate Australia from foreign ... Read more
Great Investment Quotes and Concepts
The basic principles of successful investing are timeless and quotes from some experts help illuminate these. “How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts?” Robert G Allen Cash and bank deposits are low risk and fine for near term spending ... Read more
Australian Market Valuation —Expensive?
Please click on the link below to access this article/market wrap from Ausbil. The Economic Observer - April 2014 ... Read more
How emerging markets can tame a taper tantrum
by: Alexander Klemm & Andre Meier & Sebastián Sosa iMFdirect Governments in most emerging economies, including in Latin America, have reduced their exposure to US interest rates over the past decade by issuing a greater share of public debt in domestic ... Read more
US stocks will rise for a fair while yet
by Dominic Rossi, CIO, Equities at Fidelity May 2014 It has been a solid start for US equities after a strong 2013. Their resilience has been particularly impressive given investors had ample opportunity to take fright. Despite much uncertainty over the crisis in Ukraine and the fact that US ... Read more
China’s housing boom is on shifting demographic sands —Business Spectator
Peter Cai Japanese health minister Chikara Sakaguchi said rather melodramatically in 2002 that "if we go on this way, the Japanese race will become extinct", referring to the country’s exceedingly low birth rate and rapidly ageing society. Japan’s fertility rate dropped below 2.1 -- the ... Read more
The problems with budgeting —Clime Asset Management
In recent interviews and ‘leaks’ it has become apparent that that the Treasurer and the Government could be thinking that Australia may need to endure a period of declining real wages (and therefore our standard of living) to allow the economy to re-balance and transition. If this is the ... Read more
Predictions for equity markets –Clime Asset Management
Posted by: Clime Asset Management Readers are constantly bombarded with predictions for the “end of year target” for the Australian sharemarket. In the main, these predictions are made by commission agents seeking to generate buying activity. Their modus operandi is to scare investors into ... Read more
Economic Update —Chris Caton (Chief Economist at BT)
Please click on the link below. Caton's Corner ... Read more
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