As we begin our coaching session, Nick is fired up. His eyes are beaming with determination and he never really comes to a full rest. He speaks passionately about a new initiative he is spearheading to take on the looming threats from Silicon Valley and rethink his company’s business model ... Read more
The Phillips Curve—from Payden and Rygel’s Whiteboard Economic Series supplied by Grant Samuel
Click on the link below to watch this 6.5 minute educational video. The Man, the Myth, the Curve---Phillips Curve ... Read more
Are Shares Expensive? — By Dr Shane Oliver, Chief Economist for AMP Capital
Please click on the link below to read this article. Are Shares Expensive? ... Read more
Market Malaise —by Aziz Meherali CFP
Give the late downturn last night in the US and, at the time of writing this message our markets are down about 2%, I thought it timely to re-iterate some longer term investment fundamentals. Economically, we are clearly in the “late cycle”. Unemployment rates are falling all over the world and ... Read more
Australian Economic Outlook —By Dr Shane Oliver, Chief Economist for AMP Capital
Please click the link below to watch the video from Dr Shane Oliver, Chief Economist for AMP Capital. Australian Economic Outlook ... Read more
Media Release Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
Number 2018-24 Date 2 October 2018 At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. The global economic expansion is continuing. A number of advanced economies are growing at an above-trend rate and unemployment rates are low. Growth in China has ... Read more
Seven Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis — by Dr Shane Oliver, Chief Economist for AMP Capital
Please click on the link below to read this article. Seven Lessons from the GFC ... Read more
A scary warning for the Australian dollar — By Robert Gottliebsen for The Australian Business Spectator
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One. Pic: AFP Just before noon on Friday in New York we saw a symptom of emerging nation contagion hit the Australian dollar. The currency traders, fresh from trashing currencies like the South African rand and ... Read more
Five Things You Need to Know about The Australian Economy—By Dr Shane Oliver, Chief Economist for AMP Capital
Introduction For years now, many have told us that Australia is heading for an imminent recession. By contrast official forecasts have long been looking for several years of above trend growth. In the event neither has happened and we don’t see them happening anytime soon. Against this backdrop ... Read more
Innovation in trouble as Silicon Valley plateaus — by The Economist (Printed in the Australian Business Review)
Impression of new Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. “Like Florence in the Renaissance.” That is a common description of what it is like to live in Silicon Valley. America’s technology capital has an outsize influence on the world’s economy, stockmarkets and culture. This ... Read more