It was a year of extremes, with shares hitting record highs and interest rates at historic lows. Yet all in all, 2019 delivered far better…
Steering through choppy seas
Like it or not, we live in interesting times. More than a decade after the Global Financial Crisis, the global economy is facing fresh headwinds…
Artificial Intelligence: the future of finance
We often like to think of artificial intelligence as some fantasy of the distant future, the stuff of sci-fi movies. But the reality is, it’s…
Election 2019: A vote for continuity in an uncertain world
The Liberal/National Party Coalition has been returned to government, as Australians chose continuity over change and cautious economic management over Labor’s ambitious reform agenda. Although…
What will the Budget mean to you?
Working Australians have been promised bigger than expected tax cuts along with billions in increased spending on health and welfare for young and old. This…
Federal Budget Analysis 2019-20
Paving the way to an election Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered a ‘back in the black’ Budget aimed squarely at voters, stressing the Morrison Government’s…
2018 Year In Review
Investors started 2018 full of hope, with the global economy and financial markets in good shape, but by year’s end they were uncertain and a…