Will we finish where we started?

Will the ASX200 and All Ords finish up where they started? Well, here’s hoping. Below is a chart that indicates where the markets started on January 4, 2010, the first trading day, up until this morning. With less than 20 trading days to go, the question many market participants are asking is will we end with a whimper, or a bang. The sideways market may look like there’s... Read More

Australian official cash rate chart

A brief graphic displaying the change in the Australian cash rate from the first change in February 2009, to November 2010. We’ve also included the estimated average of 2.9% bank profit margin, highlighted in red.  Read More

Australian Property: How expensive is your city?

RPData has produced a great, eight-part graphical series of the average prices of houses  “across each suburb within the capital cities that have recorded at least 10 sales over the 12 months to August 2010″. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are higlighted below, the full series is here. Will this quell the defeaning argument about affordability? Unlikely, and as this... Read More

Post GFC, here’s the cities recovering the best

From the Economist, a fantastic chart showing a selection of the world’s top 150 cities economic and employment performance since the end of the global financial crisis.  Read More

Things are heating up

Whether you’re a global warming skeptic or a believer, a warmer planet appears to be on the cards for everyone over the next 40 to 80 years, and the next generation savvy investors will need to be more aware of changes to the global environment. Opportunities will exist for those that understand the ramifications of these changes and adjust their portfolio’s to gain... Read More