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2016 September Quarter Review
Read more: 2016 September Quarter ReviewEconomic Overview It was mostly a positive quarter for markets, with volatility across equities and fixed income being much lower compared to recent quarters. In the US, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, but provided a more optimistic assessment of economic conditions at its July meeting, deeming that the risks in the near term had diminished. In Europe, economic data continued to indicate lacklustre growth and low inflation. Annual inflation ticked up in September to 0.4% from 0.2% in August while GDP expanded by 0.3% in Q2, slowing from 0.6% in Q1. In the UK, equities moved higher as…
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Pondering Presidential market impacts
Read more: Pondering Presidential market impactsStock markets are pretty efficient at processing new information. Shocks, naturally, are unwelcome and it can take some time for markets to rationally analyse and understand the impacts of particular geopolitical events. Take the Brexit vote for example. On the day the vote was announced (June 24) the Australian sharemarket fell 3 per cent while the broader global sharemarket index was down even further. Three weeks later the Australian market was up 3 per cent and while the global market index did not recover as strongly it was at least back into positive territory. The initial surprise of the vote…
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Have your Reality Check
Read more: Have your Reality CheckIt’s not something we like to think about, but with life comes risk. Life insurance should be an important component of your financial planning. If you have a young family and or rely on your income to pay your bills it could actually be the most important element of their security. Surprisingly though a lot of people do not have affordable life insurance. Among those who already have life insurance, a vast majority does not have enough coverage. Could you be one of them? Did you know one of the many insurance providers we use TAL paid out $51.6m in…
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Thinking Small
Read more: Thinking SmallEvery night on the TV finance news, you’ll hear about the ups and downs of household name stocks, like the big four banks, Telstra, CSL, Wesfarmers, Woolworths, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. But the market is more than that handful of names.
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Great Returns Just Forget The Costs
Read more: Great Returns Just Forget The CostsIn the age of the internet it’s not hard to set up a website and start publishing your own views. Getting people to your website is a little harder, you need to get the public’s attention first so you can peddle whatever you’re selling. This is where the media comes in. It helps to be quoted in the media because it raises your profile. And if you’re in the investment game and have something earth shattering to say, even better, because it can become a mutually beneficial relationship. The media can get readers’ eyes on a headline and those same…
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