The volatility of global sharemarkets prompted me to ask sharemarket gurus for the stocks on their crash watchlist. I’m really lucky because every weekday on my Ausbiz program, The Call, I get to pick the brains of the best sharemarket analysts in the country. Like me, they are all a bit wary of the volatility… Read more »
I hate investing in October because it seems to be the month when sharemarkets crash. But is it fact or fiction? I’m not alone in thinking investing in October is a bogey month, and September isn’t much better. My mates at CommSec decided to research whether my fear is founded or not. They found over… Read more »
The average mortgage has increased substantially as the property market continues to cook. During the week APRA took steps to cool things down. Both Reserve Bank Australia (RBA) and the federal treasurer have said they won’t increase interest rates to cool the overheated property market. They want the states to do it by allowing more… Read more »
Over the last two weeks the most common financial question I’ve been asked is “why should I be concerned about the collapse of Evergrande?” My first response is to remind people of the old Lehman Brothers investment bank in the US. It collapsed in 2007 and started the financial dominoes falling which led to the… Read more »
The Australian economy is doing well despite Delta, but 3 major economic challenges loom: housing affordability, the tax mix, and decarbonisation. This week the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development published its first Economic Survey of Australia since 2018. It gives Australia good marks for a remarkably good economic response to the COVID pandemic, but… Read more »
With the prospect of a lengthier lockdown looming over Sydney, the idea of “living with the virus” has resurfaced. But it’s not something supported by most economists. by John Quiggin, The University of Queensland and Richard Holden, UNSW NSW’s health minister, Brad Hazzard, raised the prospect of abandoning the lockdown and accepting that “the virus… Read more »
One of my children is doing the rounds of the lenders at the moment to finance their first home and they were telling me they are being besieged by cash-back offers on home loans. There are now 29 lenders offering cashback deals of up to $4,000 for the average homeowner looking to refinance their mortgage…… Read more »
Market darling online homewares and furniture retailer, Temple and Webster was hit hard this week despite reporting revenue up 138 per cent since the start of FY21. While the company continued to benefit from a consumer shift to online shopping, the market clearly believed the stock was running a too hot. October revenue was up… Read more »
With so much uncertainty and volatility in the lead up to the US presidential election, what are the market sectors set to benefit, and how can investors mitigate the risks? James Whelan from VFS Group Portfolio Manager and Investment Manager at Banyantree Investment Group, Zach Riaz, provided their perspective. “I think it’s still too close… Read more »
Job vacancies rose by over 6 per cent in the latest month with gains in each state and territory. In addition, job ads are up on a year ago in half of the states and territories. Western Australia is benefitting from its relative success in ‘flattening the Covid curve’. Six of the 15 regions with… Read more »
