Last week, stocks finished at an all-time high. But guess what? In terms of real money — gold-linked, pre-1971 dollars — stocks have been losing ground since the start of the millennium. We are looking…
We’ve had a storming start to the year. What’s the problem? ‘Phantom growth’, says Vern. This is just one of the reasons why he says Australian savers, investors and retirees need to get ready to…
Not all assets have gained this year. Crude oil, for one, has been slipping. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) is down 4.6% since 2 January. And it’s down 7.8% since a recent 6 January peak.
And over the last 20 years, guess which economy grew fastest — the US or the EU? America or Europe? Not to keep you in suspense, the answer is Europe. GDP per capita rose 35%…
And over the last 20 years, guess which economy grew fastest — the US or the EU? America or Europe? Not to keep you in suspense, the answer is Europe. GDP per capita rose 35%…
One thing you can be sure of — as sure as you can be, that is, with the markets — is whatever fate awaits CBA’s numbers, you can expect that to be similar, if not…
Central banks around the world have been pumping a lot of cash into our economic system to keep the system going. Yet all this money isn’t flowing out evenly. It has mostly gone into financial…
As expected, The Donald could never go full Trade War…too much at stake. Most important, an election. And as expected, after all the sound and fury, little actually changes.
The only way to responsibly use social media is…to seriously minimise the exposure. Fight the addiction. The vast majority of it is banal noise.
At the beginning of a boom, manufacturing thrives. The furnaces are lit, employees are recalled, and output shoots up.At the end, the lights go out. Houston Molnar reported from our research department: