Property beats cash

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In the past, buying and selling property was considered an attractive way to make money. The theory was that home prices would rise around 8 per cent a year, almost... Read more continue reading

The year in review, the year ahead

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CommSec has been heartened by developments in recent months and is hopeful of further settling of global economic conditions and improvement in confidence levels at home and abroad. The deal on the so-called... Read more continue reading

Zenith rates La Trobe Australian Mortgages Fund

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The La Trobe Australian Mortgage Fund provides investors with an exposure to a diversified, Australia-wide portfolio of real estate mortgage securities. The Fund has four investment options with the Pooled... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update

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America sees the release of key December 2012 data on retail sales and housing starts.  American consumer spending has been reasonably solid considering the recent political turmoil over budget tightening... Read more continue reading

Season’s greetings from AdviserVoice

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The team at AdviserVoice would like to wish you a happy and safe festive season and all the best for a bright and successful year in 2013. AdviserVoice will commence... Read more continue reading

RBA: Softening employment justifies rate cut

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The latest Reserve Bank Board minutes suggests that the decision to cut interest rates in December was largely due to the softening in labour market conditions and confirmation of the... Read more continue reading

Zenith rates Advance Multi-Blend Funds

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Following Dustin Adams’ resignation as portfolio manager in September 2012, Zenith placed the Advance Australian Shares Multi-Blend, Advance Australian Smaller Companies Multi-Blend and BT Wholesale Multi-Manager Australian Shares Funds “Under Review”. Subsequently, Advance... Read more continue reading

Equities outlook 2013

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2013 will be another challenging and event-driven year for equity investors to negotiate. Markets face a number of risks with binary outcomes, not least the imminent fiscal cliff facing the... Read more continue reading

Morningstar Australian Institutional Sector Survey – December 2012

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Morningstar has published interim results of the Morningstar® Australian Institutional Sector Survey, providing comprehensive coverage of the performance of Australian institutional investment strategies to 30November 2012. The Australian Institutional Sector Survey... Read more continue reading

China and Finland hold the ‘trade secret’ for CFD experts

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Australia’s top CFD traders looked to China and Finland for the best returns over the last week according to data released today from CMC Markets, Australia’s leading provider of trading... Read more continue reading