by admin | May 1, 2023 | Active, Budgeting, Business Planning, Debt, Economics, Family, Federal Budget, First Home, Housing, Index, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA
The fight against inflationary pressures is a journey that central banks have been on for over a year1. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand was the first to move in October 2021, followed by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada in March 20221. Australia’s Reserve...
by admin | May 1, 2023 | Active, Budgeting, Debt, Economics, First Home, Housing, Index, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA
According to Morningstar Equity Research, Australian banks are well capitalised, profitable, and highly regulated. They are generally undervalued and set to benefit from higher rates1. Low rates underpinned strong credit growth in recent years, with total system loans...
by admin | Apr 3, 2023 | Active, Budgeting, Business Planning, Debt, Economics, Federal Budget, Housing, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA, Retirement, Superannuation, Tax
In the haste to get to the next bull leg, financial markets sometimes can ignore the obvious. As central banks near the end of their respective policy tightening, the focus has already turned to the start of the next easing. Investors and their advisers can...
by admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Budgeting, Business Planning, Debt, Economics, Federal Budget, Index, Insurance, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA, Retirement, Superannuation, Tax
What feels like a lifetime ago, Lowe stopped buying bonds in November 2021, however continued to state “I want to make it clear that this decision does not reflect a view that the cash rate will be increased before 2024.” But we are now nine (9) rate...
by admin | Dec 29, 2022 | Budgeting, Business Planning, Economics, Federal Budget, Index, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA
Australian Cash and Fixed Interest Short term rates have risen further with another 0.25% rise in December. We have seen the 90 Bank bill rate now hit 3.1% up from virtually zero at the start of the year. 10 Year yields have slipped a little bit but still currently at...
by admin | Oct 28, 2022 | Economics, Index, Investing, RBA, Retirement, Superannuation
Outlook Both bonds and equities have suffered further losses as interest rates have continued to climb, though we had a short rally when the RBA only moved 25 points with markets breathing a sigh of relief that the aggressive front loading on interest rates could be...
Recent Comments