Happy New financial year!
How big can artificial intelligence be in the long term? In the longer term, the sky is the limit. The best analogy is likely the introduction of the internet or the personal computer into workplaces. Artificial intelligence will allow more to be done with fewer workers in a vast array of ...
Jobs continue to defy naysayers There are a lot of signs that a recession is coming. Bankruptcies are back with a vengeance. Most of the suite of raw materials and commodities have plunged in price. Transport costs are down more than half. Credit growth is running at 20-year lows. Forward surveys ...
I have never come across a client that has told me that they like paying tax. This article will outline the many ways to take advantage of the tax savings on offer by contributing to superannuation before the end of the financial year.
The US debt ceiling is a recurring distraction. I expect this time to be the same as the last few, based largely on theatre and brinksmanship. However, it is worth touching on the nuances:
In financial jargon, data types range between soft and hard. Soft data consists of surveys and forecasts. Less reliable but usually much more timely. Hard data consists of confirmed results. Hard is much more reliable but arrives after the fact. Successful investment requires interpretation of the ...
This page contains each chart from the latest property market update. See residential real estate for the forecasting methodology. Within all cities, a clear divergence is occurring between houses and units.
Today I want to talk about what the other side of the downturn will look like. Not because I think the downturn is over. In fact, the signs are increasingly pointing towards a continued acceleration of the credit crunch. But, the time to plan your portfolio is not as earnings are being hit and ...
A transition to retirement pension (sometimes referred to as TTR) allows you to transfer part of your superannuation funds into a transition to retirement account and draw a tax-free income if you have met your preservation age or are over 60 and under 65.
Recently in Washington, Joe Biden exercised his presidential veto powers for the first time on a bill that would have banned federal pension fund managers from considering ESG issues for investment and shareholder rights decisions. The Republicans want to stop what they’re calling ‘woke¹ liberal’ ...
This is a repost of an article that we wrote for Morningstar Firstlinks.
It feels like stock markets are standing at the top of a very slippery slope. No guarantees that stock markets will fall, but the risks are certainly elevated. The unfolding banking crisis has several curious factors.
Direct Indexing has been available in the U.S. for decades, and its popularity continues to increase as a result of the low costs, portfolio personalisation, tax optimisation and direct exposure the investment structure offers clients.
US inflation came in around expectations. More than a few data points in this report are reversing the recent trend of falling inflation. Based on surveys and upstream data points, I believe inflation is heading for deflation. But, this report did little to support the argument. See tables:
