Finance News
Happy New Year! And the good news is 2023 is starting to show some green shoots, following the pain of 2022. The Australian share market has had a great start to 2023 with our market hitting a fresh 8 month high this week. The All Ordinaries is around 3% away from its record high, which it reached…
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Well, here we are, the end of another year! Many of us will be looking forward to seeing the back of 2022, a year in which the cost of living skyrocketed, taking the cost of housing with it. This put pressure on household budgets, particularly for those in retirement, or with high levels of…
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There have been some big guarantees made by politicians just a few days before Christmas. Of course, there is the standard one-liner that there will be no more lockdowns! Then last week the government claimed one million jobs will be created over the next four years, inflation is expected to be steady, and wages should rise…
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As we come to the end of the year, we will all reflect on a number of things we have experienced in 2021, and plan for 2022. But when you reflect on your investments, particularly your superannuation, pension account, or personal investments in shares, I predict you will be more than satisfied. We have…
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Market volatility is back! And whilst December is historically a strong month for global share markets, this year could be different. Last night the Dow Jones was up more than 400 points, then the news hit that the COVID-19 Omicron variant had turned up in California. This sent the market into panic mode, falling 500 plus…
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There are some things we can control, and some things we can’t. Last week’s article on the seemingly constant increases in insurance premiums, is an example of something we can’t control. Costs like this are very frustrating when trying to budget and plan. But one thing we can control, is our discretionary spending.…
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It seems crazy that Christmas is now just over a week away, and we are almost at the end of a chaotic 2020 that no small business owner could have anticipated. We learnt that Corona isn’t just a Mexican beer, Zoom isn’t just the sound a car makes, government = ATM, and small business owners…
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We have seen an amazing recovery from the Australian economy over the past few months, and now we’re seeing some real proof of positivity returning to business as we approach the holiday season. Survey results from both the ANZ and NAB have shown that business conditions are at a 20-month high, and we are…
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