Rise of super funds will shape Australia’s financial sector
By Kevin Davis, Australian Centre for Financial Studies How will the shape of Australia’s financial sector evolve over the coming decades? How will the demand for finance change? Where will the supply of funds come from? Can we be confident that available funds will be allocated to their best uses to promote economic growth and…
Stocks to watch on Thursday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Thursday: CWN – CROWN LTD – up 12 cents at $12.34 A Deloitte report on Sydney’s proposed casino at Barangaroo will be made public once the state government makes a final decision on the project, says NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell. James Packer’s Crown Casino last year…
Investment banker wants carbon tax to stay
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s plan to roll back the carbon tax will put the budget’s bottom line under pressure, an investment banker says. MH Carnegie & Co founder Mark Carnegie said there was immense confusion about what Mr Abbott was going to do if he became prime minister, especially with the carbon tax. “He…
Commodities on the Rise
SEOUL – The commodity super-cycle – in which commodity prices reach ever-higher highs, and fall only to higher lows – is not over. Despite the euphoria around shale gas – indeed, despite weak global growth – commodity prices have risen by as much as 150% in the aftermath of the financial crisis. In the medium…
Do Australians spend too much on housing?
By Wealth Foundations For those who own their own home and don’t have a mortgage their sense is often that other than for costs like council rates, utilities, building insurance and maintenance they don’t spend anything on housing. For those with a mortgage, they may add in the cost of their loan repayments. But this…
Dividend Stability in 5 Top Performing Income Stocks
Income investors brave enough to return to the sharemarket in 2012 were well rewarded by increased total returns through dividend payments – and the trend towards higher yields should continue into 2013. A search strategy favoured by some income investors is to look for stocks with the highest yields. More experienced investors know dividend stability…
Fear the no-grow zone: has technological innovation reached its final frontier?
By Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University The economic profession lacks a unified theory of economic growth. Textbooks and academic journals contain a plethora of models and paradigms which generate different (and sometimes contradictory) predictions about the mechanics of the growth process. Amid this intellectual confusion, an element in common to the bulk of modern growth models…
The End Of The Third Industrial Revolution
Are we facing the end of the third industrial revolution and the beginning of a new transition? Wim Grommen’s paper titled ‘The Economic Crisis: Time For A Paradigm Shift’ describes the three transitions – the Neolithic, the first industrial revolution, the second industrial revolution and the third. He argues that today humanity is being confronted…
What sort of equipment and tools do you need to start trading forex?
By Vito Henjoto, Technical Analyst, GFT To start trading forex, the first thing you need is access to the market. Choosing the right broker to trade with is an important step in the journey. You need to choose a broker that’s trustworthy, has great customer service, significant market experience, and a platform to suit your…
Australia’s property market resembles a Ponzi scheme
By Philip Soos, Steve Keen’s Debtwatch Recently, Australian property analyst Terry Ryder, in an article on Property Observer, voiced complaints about housing bubble advocates. His issue is “waiting for someone who subscribes to the bubble theory to actually define it. So far, nobody has. The term implies that something has been over-inflated and will burst.”…
