by Admin_CentW | Apr 12, 2022 | Newsletters
Introduction House prices always incite a lot of interest in Australia. Until recently it was all about surging prices and ever worsening affordability as prices boomed. But the focus is shifting to the emerging slowdown in the face of rising interest rates....
by Admin_CentW | Apr 5, 2022 | Newsletters
Introduction Investing is often seen as complicated. This has been made worse over the years by: the increasing complexity in terms of investment products and choices; regulations and rules around investing; the role of the information revolution and social...
by Admin_CentW | Mar 30, 2022 | Federal Budget, Newsletters
Introduction The 2022-23 Budget provides a “magic election pudding” of more spending but lower deficits. The additional spending relates mainly to this calendar year and given the strong economy is more motivated by politics than economics. “Fiscal repair”...
by Admin_CentW | Mar 17, 2022 | Newsletters
Introduction After much anticipation, the US Federal Reserve has raised its Federal Funds target interest rate from a range of 0-0.25%, where it’s been for the last two years since the pandemic started, to the range of 0.25-0.5%. Source: Bloomberg, AMP...
by Admin_CentW | Mar 9, 2022 | Newsletters
Introduction World oil prices have spiked to their highest levels since 2008, rising more than 30% since the war in Ukraine started. Apart from boosting inflation this has increased the risk of recession and contributed to another leg down in share markets....
by Admin_CentW | Mar 3, 2022 | Newsletters
Introduction Humans do horrible things to each other, and war is the worst example of that. What was first announced by Russia earlier last week as a “peacekeeping” force moving into part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian separatists quickly morphed into...
