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Returns on all investment classes are low making it more important than ever to tap options offering higher returns with acceptable risks.
Opinion
The latest RBA cash rate decision met market expectations but analysts are split on their future direction. This article examines how investors can protect themselves no matter what happens to rates
Opinion
The US Federal Reserve has finally increased interest rates, being the first increase since 2006
Opinion
Last night the US Fed released their carefully watched minutes from October’s meeting which made it quite clear they thought a December increase in rates was needed
Education (advanced)
The concept of a yield curve is important as it shows the relationship between interest rates and term to maturity. This note compares the yield curve 12 months ago to the yield curve after the cash rate announcement today. It also provides some background into how it is calculated
Opinion
The US economy grew by 2.3% per annum in the 12 months to 30 June 2015, according to estimates of Q2 2015 GDP released last night. Markets were expecting 2.5% to 3.0% p.a. and FIIG had expected 2.4% p.a.
Opinion
Over the past three weeks longer term interest rates in Australia have risen very sharply even as short term rates declined and the RBA lowered the cash rate another 25 bps to 2.00%
Opinion
Robert Shiller, Nobel Prize winner, wrote an article recently that brings some common sense to some of the uninformed commentary seen in the mainstream Australian media recently about so called "bond bubbles"
Opinion
On Tuesday, interest rates were cut for the first time since August 2013. This cut reduced the official rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%, a record low since the RBA gained independence and started targeting inflation in the 1990s
Opinion
Current strategies on how investors can maximise their defensive returns through fixed income.