Investors Voice Archive: 15 Mar, 2018
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The ‘retail apocalypse’ as these drawbacks are termed include jobs losses in traditional retail, job displacement that keeps wages low, and rising inequality linked to low wages growth and the loss of jobs.
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There are times when it makes sense for individual investors to play to their strengths rather than follow the lead of institutions, and the behaviour I’m seeing around the so-called ‘yield trade’ is a perfect example of where this is happening.
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Declining businesses tend to first resist structural change. Then, when it’s too late, they try frantically to fix things up with ill-conceived new products or foolish, overpriced acquisitions.
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The Institute of Public Accountants provided analysis in 2016 that of the two million Australian private businesses, over 70% of these businesses are owned by baby boomers and most baby boomers plan to exit their business in the next ten years.
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Most of Australia’s office markets are in good shape with the average vacancy rate sitting at 9.8%, although this is inflated by the high vacancy rates in Perth CBD and West Perth – both markets are still feeling the effects of the mining downturn.
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The first sign of instability occurred in August 2017 when the U.S. markets broke out of their long term trading channels
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5 years ago
Most tradesman will say their super is invested with one of the big industry funds but be completely unaware of the underlying assets in the fund.
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What’s amazing is that so many people, even when it appears on their fund’s portfolio report, really have no idea what that ‘fixed interest’ piece of pie represents, and so often it is left out of an SMSF portfolio.
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5 years ago
In 2007, powered by the commodity boom, low interest rates, and growing Asian markets, the world markets went to new highs. Our market - represented by the ASX 200 (XJO) went to a new high of 6850 on 1st November 2007 before it started to decline with the Global Financial Crisis.
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From the Industrial Revolution, through the 20th century, and into the tentatively dubbed ‘Information Age’, we’ve witnessed some of the most significant and disruptive changes ever conceived in human society.
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5 years ago
A mortgage is the standard method by which individuals and businesses can purchase real estate without the need to pay the full value immediately from their own resources.
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5 years ago
It will pay investors to look closely at the boundaries marked by the bull and bear cases, and treat them like the flags between which they must swim.
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5 years ago
A range of indices are all moving higher, supporting an improved economic outlook.
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Five variations to a testamentary trust for you to consider