For many years the ASX has been running a sharemarket game through schools which has encouraged high school students to get experience investing in the sharemarket. More recently, the game has spawned another version that runs along with the school game and is open to everyone. Running over the ‘long term’ of 12-15 weeks, all […]
Did you miss the top performing company on the ASX in 2017? If so, don’t be too disheartened because it’s turned into one BIG disaster. BIG Un Limited, whose main business was its subsidiary, BIG Review TV, was in the business of creating promotional videos. Small businesses were paying $12,000 for the privilege of BIG […]
Read a survey on financial advice and it’s estimated anywhere from 70% to 85% of people will never seek it. Yet from the small pool of people who have sought financial advice, 80-90% of those (depending on the survey) will acknowledge the advice they received was worthwhile and provided value. One of the more curious […]
Economic Overview Global economic data remained encouraging during Q1, though after a long period of relative calm and upward movement volatility again reared its head in equity markets. While towards the end of the quarter the potential for trade wars heated up. In the US, economic data continued to be supportive. US business confidence reached […]
Labor’s proposed change to franking credit refunds on dividends has provoked quite a debate in a short space of time. For a quick primer, under the imputation system, companies who pay franked dividends to shareholders can pass on a tax credit for company tax already paid. When shareholders receive the franking credits, they can be […]