It was a solid week last week for the Australian market, advancing on four of the five days. The S&P/ASX 200 gained 138.1 points, or 2.1 per cent, for the week, to end at 6,678, while the broader S&P/ASX All Ordinaries index added 156.6 points, or 2.3 per cent, to 6,877. The All Tech index…
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished at the highs of the day on Thursday, up 53.5 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 6648.0. The broader All Ordinaries rose 52.6 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 6836.9. A 1.9 per cent rise in Singapore iron ore futures, to $US113.30 a tonne, helped the big miners, with BHP up…
Under the updated RG276, ASIC has made it clear that any retirement calculator must be agnostic to product.
A tech rebound – possibly a dead-cat bounce – tried to drive the Australian market higher on Wednesday, but the concerns on commodity prices more than outweighed this. By the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 had shed 34.8 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 6,594.5, while the broader All Ordinaries surrendered 33.8 points, or 0.5…
As widely expected, the RBA raised the cash rate by 0.5 percentage points yesterday, taking it to 1.35%, as widely expected. This is the fastest back-to-back increase in rates since increases of 0.75% and 1% in November and December 1994 respectively. But the RBA remains upbeat on the economy and employment, despite remaining concerned about…
The Australian share market ended in the green on Monday, despite investor skittishness ahead of today’s Reserve Bank board meeting. The central bank is widely predicted to lift its cash rate by another 50 basis points today, which would take it to 1.35 per cent, in the intensifying effort to rein in surging inflation, which…
“Greenwashing” has once again been highlighted as the major challenge for the financial advice industry when it comes to embracing responsible and ethical investment options.
The closing of submissions for the Quality of Advice review saw a flurry of detailed proposals released in recent weeks.
Legendary hedge fund billionaire and investor Howard Marks, founder of Oaktree Capital, is one of the most respected finance commentators in the world, by virtue of his clarity and understanding of the market cycle.
The Australian market started the session on a positive note, moving as much as 1 per cent higher on the first day of the new financial year but ultimately sank to a 0.4 per cent loss. The realisation that an interest rate-driven slowdown in the global economy may hit commodity demand saw both energy and…
