The key to the best investment
As Charlie Aitken said this week, the best way to pick the next set of winners is to check out what your children and grandchildren are doing.
Philip Baker writes on markets specialising in bonds, equity markets and currencies. Based in our Sydney newsroom, Phil is a markets columnist.
As Charlie Aitken said this week, the best way to pick the next set of winners is to check out what your children and grandchildren are doing.
If there are no shares worth buying and there is going to be a crash in the property market, there are still ways for a fund manager to make money.
There's a debate to be had: the Reserve Bank of Australia could still cut the official cash rate that stands at a record low 1.5 per cent. But will they do it?
It's one thing for difficult sharemarkets to put off retail investors but it's something different altogether when they force the professionals to throw in the towel.
It's been such a losing trade over the years that selling shares in the major banks has even got its own name, the "widow-maker". But is it time to put it on?
There's a good chance the Australian sharemarket is telling us something about the economy. And it's not good.
There was a time when traders wouldn't dream of fighting the Fed, now they want to.
If the reaction by investors to news of downgrades announced this week is any guide it would seem that credit rating agencies such as Moody'...
Some investors are worried that there's not enough worrying about a sell-off on Wall Street.
The regional banks are now poised to increase mortgage rates after their credit rating was downgraded.
Guy Debelle, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank, will announce a new set of rules but will try and change how the market functions.
If the latest batch of profit downgrades are any guide consumers don't seem to be spending any money on handbags or, sweet fizzy drinks.
Call it the trading session when investors started to worry that, just like the well known emperor, it might pan out that Donald Trump, the ...
The latest wages data really just confirms what every boss in Australia already knows. There's no need to give anyone a decent pay rise.
At the Generation Investment Forum there was no mention of shorts, or short selling. Instead, fund managers went up on stage to talk about a...
Viceroy Research's aggressive report on Quintis is part of a new trend that raises questions about how information is spread and by who.
The major banks are complaining about the government's new levy but it's nothing to what Amazon, Google and Facebook can do to their busines...
Based on a flat fee of 6 basis points, the new tax has to be charged on funds of about $2.5 trillion per annum, which is bigger than the tot...
Phil Lowe would be worried if the new bank tax is passed on and it stops consumers from spending.
Businesses in the non-mining space are still not spending despite close to record low borrowing costs and upbeat business confidence surveys...
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