... flattened out the past year - not helped by the collapse in America's shale oil boom - lower bond yields due to low global inflation and aggressive central bank policies across the globe have helped support valuations. If (and it's a big if), bond yields ...
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... global standards. In a global, long-term context, whether our interest rates are 1.5% or zero is largely immaterial. As inflation is 1%-2%, real returns are already zero. The main issue is that we have some deep-rooted expectations that may be wrong ...
... infrastructure offers investors liquidity. Investors in the asset class benefit from attractive risk-adjusted returns, reliable inflation-linked income, stable long-term yields with the potential for capital growth, and defensive characteristics emanating ...
... traded up 5.3% at $58.6 a tonne and gold rose 2.2% to $1351 an ounce. There were mixed economic signals, with headline inflation falling to 1% over the year to the end of June. Domestic holiday travel and accommodation fell by 3.7% in the quarter, motor ...
... that sense, negative interest rates can be a way to kickstart economic activity. They are also seen as a way to fire inflation in economies where deflation - or falling prices - has become a problem. The other effect of negative interest rates - and ...
... in 1987. However, an ABC FactCheck last year found rents had risen only in Sydney and Perth after taking account of inflation, and the rise was due to other factors. The wild card Little has been said about how Labor's proposed changes would affect ...
... Billiton and the major banks. Two key external factors are record low wages growth in Australia (and our associated low inflation) and our population growth rate has been easing down since its high in 2009. Slower population and wages growth, limits ...
... rates at record lows it is much harder to get a decent return on your savings - you might even be going backwards after inflation and tax. Many institutions offer promotional rates for a limited period so you could switch every few months to take advantage ...
From June 21, following the release of the NSW state budget, foreign property investors will be hit with a 4% stamp duty surcharge on residential property purchases. The NSW government will also introduce a 0.75% land tax surcharge for foreign investors ...
... equity markets supported. Oil prices, at the time of writing, look bullish and again this should lead to higher nominal inflation expectations. Names I like in this environment are JP Morgan and Bank of America (reflation should provide a steepening ...
