Amid all the confusion and sharp fluctuations, sharemarkets are telling us a story about what is likely to happen in calendar 2009, particul…
Amid all the confusion and sharp fluctuations, sharemarkets are telling us a story about what is likely to happen in calendar 2009, particul…
Cash rates are 4.25% and falling. What’s more, the banks (at least, some of the bigger banks) are putting the reductions through in full. Su…
In the interests of being hopeful rather than hopeless, here are signs of market hope in the shorter term. In the interests of being hope…
Comedian Tim Clue talks about debt – how far we are in debt, how it affects our lives, and how bright or dull that light is at the end o…
Don’t get too excited about reports of clearance rates improving around the country. Last week, several commentators suggested that auction …
The market appears unaffected by the news yesterday that mining giant BHP has dropped a $US66 billion takeover bid for Rio Tinto, with the S…
The directors of Rio Tinto are now shags on a rock, jilted by an ardent but capricious suitor and now contemplating a lonely-hearts advertis…
New research shows university graduates earn approximately $1.5 million more over their lives than workers who have only completed a high sc…
In the midst of a downturn, it is hard to see where the best options will emerge to re-grow your wealth. What then would be your perfect por…
The Australian sharemarket has surged ahead 4.8%, following strong leads on Wall Street and the news of a $US306 billion rescue for US banki…
As we near the end of the first decade of this new century, Australia has relatively few financial and economic issues of the sort that are …
Retailer David Jones plans to open three new department stores and refurbish three of its existing outlets over the new two to three years. …
