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The Australian stock market has seen a stagnation in returns since 2006, leaving many questioning the wisdom of long-term equity positions. For retirees, it’s a particularly fraught issue, as their financial security depends on how these investments perform.
Share market feels the rates heat The Australia share market retreated to a six-month low on Tuesday, as global markets felt the pressure from surging bond yields – despite, in Australia’s case, the Reserve Bank leaving the official cash rate on hold at 4.1 per cent, for a fifth straight month. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index…
 The S&P/ASX 200 Index closed lower -0.6 percent on Wednesday, primarily driven by a sell-off in materials and energy stocks. The energy sector suffered the most on Wednesday, finishing lower at -1.8 percent, moderating from its recent gains. Woodside, a major oil and gas company, saw a -2.2 percent drop to $37, while Santos slid -1.9 percent to…
Despite strong fundamentals for the chip king, Research Affiliates says investors are overplaying Nvidia as the ‘safe’ hand in the AI game.
 Both benchmarks weakened into the close, as both the S&P/ASX200 (ASX:XJO) and All Ordinaries (ASX:XAO) fell 0.2 per cent on Friday. The weakness was driven by the materials sector, which fell 1 per cent, driven lower by BHP (ASX:BHP) and Fortescue (ASX:FMG), down 1.2 and 2.4 per cent. The highlight was the utilities sector…
The local share market weakened again on Wednesday, with the All Ordinaries down 0.7 and the S&P/ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) falling 0.8 per cert as seven sectors fell by more than 1 per cent. The rare highlight was the energy sector, which gained 1 per cent on the back of the oil price surging above US$90…
At this point companies have so many avenues to raise capital that listing in only one of several options. As a result companies are staying private for longer, and direct investors are taking notice.
The public appears to be rewarding efforts to reshape the financial advice and banking industries after the royal commission, with advisers and the banks both enjoying an increase in faith across the community.
Basing an investment strategy on the goldilocks investment markets of the last 35 years gives rise to considerable risk, writes Michael Block, and now might be the time to get out of growth assets.
The hits keep coming for the country’s primary stock exchange, which is now under investigation by the corporate regulator for its oversight of the doomed upgrade to its clearing system.