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Photocredit: Getty Royalty Free Getty Scanning dozens of 13F quarterlies, looking for shining lights, I came up short in either growth or value constructs. Concentrations of more than 10% in a single name didn’t leave me breathless, excepting Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management. Berkshire Hathaway’s high static ratio is over 80%, but the median

RBA’s Lowe says June rate cut under consideration Coming on the back of the election victory by the Conservative coalition which promised tax cuts which could eventually flow through to the local economy, some were expecting RBA’s Lowe to tone down the need for further rate cuts in his speech in Brisbane today. That wasn’t

A nod to the comments from New Zealand’s Finance minister just a little earlier: How soon can we say the same about Australia’s economy? The past few days have seen some positives. The election results. Even if you are not happy with who won the removal of the uncertainty is a positive. Business confidence in

Prepared by Jeff Halley, Senior Market Analyst The empire strikes back? Trade tensions reasserted their dark cloud over markets last night with the effect of the US Government Huawei ban rippling through technology stocks in particular. Investors marked down technology and semiconductor stocks not only on the prospect of lost sales to the Chinese telecom

The other day I was speaking with a reporter about Americans’ level of retirement preparation. Usually I touch on data on retirement plan participation, average contribution rates, retirement plan assets and average retirement ages – all of which have gone up. But this time I asked a more straightforward question: What share of current retirees

The headline is my quick take on the matter, here is the news APRA  proposes removing guidance on using 7% interest rate to assess mortgage affordability proposes ADIs serviceability assessments incorporate an interest rate buffer of 2.5 per cent proposes banks would be permitted to review, set own minimum interest rate floor for use in

Additional headlines are crossing the wires from the Fed Chair Powell, as he now responds to the Q and A session. “There will be a high bar to fundamental changes to inflation framework. “ “Current policy framework has served the public well.” “Using an inflation range one option to be reviewed.” “US inflation dynamics very

NYSE Arca has formally applied to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a rule change that would allow it to list shares in a proposed bitcoin investment trust. The United States Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust, managed by Wilshire Phoenix Funds, would invest exclusively in bitcoin and short-term U.S. Treasury securities, according to a