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Business Confidence is Up, But Not Investment
Business conditions are generally pretty good in Australia at the moment and the number of failures remains low, so why…
RBA’s Rosy Outlook May Be Holding Us Back
The chief monetary guardian, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), is also the 800-pound gorilla of economic forecasting. It’s always…
Double The Danger In Housing Crunch
The investing mantra has always been diversify, diversify, diversify! In essence, it means that if one part of your portfolio…
You Can Now Buy Property With Bitcoin
Cryptocurrencies have promised much but delivered few real-world benefits – until now. In fact, it’s now possible to buy property…
Australia’s A Great Place To Park Money
The expansion of the global marketplace is bringing investors to Australia’s door as political uncertainty on both sides of the…
The Perils Of Jawboning
Jawboning, or trying to influence markets through pointed commentary, is one of the weapons financial regulators use to supplement their…
Tipping Point Theory Has Merit
Predicting the end of the housing boom is one of the most popular games in town. Everyone has a theory…
State Governments Do Well Out Of Property Investment
The big winners of the ongoing property boom are the state governments. In NSW alone, stamp duty on residential property…
APRA Will Be Able To Target Property Hotspots
An item in the Federal Budget that hasn’t received much coverage is the plan to allow the Australian Prudential Regulation…
The Reality of Living in the Lucky Country
When Donald Horne coined the phrase ‘the lucky country’ in 1964, he was being sardonic, not proud. This is how…