The outlook for China

From

Fidelity Worldwide Investment’s portfolio managers with an interest in China expect further easing in the country’s monetary policy, driven by Beijing’s need to inject more liquidity as money supply and... Read more continue reading

What’s the outlook for Asian equities?

From

Asia is one of the few regions in the world that’s will not only avoid recession but still deliver growth, though will this growth translate to growth in its share... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update

From

The past week has seen the usual post summit let down in Europe with general scepticism regarding whether the latest EU summit will achieve much in terms of stabilising Europe’s... Read more continue reading

Australian equities outlook 2012

From

Australia’s economy might be in better shape than those of other developed nations, but will this be enough to translate into rising local share prices in the New Year? Paul... Read more continue reading

BetaShares launches Commodity Basket ETF

From

BetaShares today announced the launch of the first exchange traded fund (ETF) on the ASX that provides exposure to a broadly diversified basket of commodities. The ETF, which will trade... Read more continue reading

Is inflation peaking & what does it mean for investors?

From

Banking crises are generally followed by sovereign debt crises and these tend to be followed by increasing inflation. Last month’s auction of German bonds failed to attract enough buyers and... Read more continue reading

The big issues for 2012

From

Murphy’s Law states: Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. And clearly 2011 could be best described as the year when Murphy’s Law reigned. First there were significant floods across... Read more continue reading

SMSF Academy: SMSF statistical overview welcome but missing micro view

From

While the Self-managed superannuation funds: A statistical overview 2008/09 (the Overview) released by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) provides many valuable insights into the sector, the statistics need to be more... Read more continue reading

RBA takes out insurance in an uncertain world

From

The Reserve Bank Board has cut official rates for the second consecutive month, trimming the cash rate by 25 basis points (quarter of a percent) to 4.25 per cent. The... Read more continue reading

BetaShares launches Agricultural ETF

From

BetaShares has announced the launch of the first Agriculture exchange traded fund (ETF) on the Australian Securities Exchange. The ETF, which will trade under the ASX code “QAG”, aims to track... Read more continue reading