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Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... volatile fire, denting the second half outlook for some of Australia's listed companies. However, Argo said low interest rates and a possible further cash rate cut will drive equities higher, as investors throw cheap money at markets in their quest for ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... 1.9% by the last quarter of 2021. So if financial markets want to play this game, not only will the RBA not cut interest rates in February but also in 2020 and 2021 - based on the most recent actual inflation reading. It is close enough to predictions! ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... appreciation in house prices has occurred over the past 20 years, a period of time that has coincided with falling interest rates and low inflation." Generation X, those born in 1970, also have made massive gains from their first property investment. ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... it was... The ECB kept monetary policy unchanged. "The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50% respectively." - ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... than half a percent versus the greenback but surprisingly, the All Ordinaries index dropped by 0.7% (sure, lower interest rates helps drive market valuation but stronger employment growth drives sentiment, spending, revenues, profits and stock market ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... vs a year ago" and "family finances next 12mths" improved in January from December - a function perhaps of lower interest rates, rising house and equity market prices - their outlook on "economic conditions next 12mths" and over the next five years has ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... the ASX has benefited more than most from some of the themes driving market prices right now." Tadgell said low interest rates justified these high valuations. "Given interest rates are at record lows, it justifies valuations trading above historical ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Australian equity market (pre-GFC) rallied on strong economic fundamentals but was deemed overvalued due to high interest rates and expectations for more. The RBA raised the official cash rate from 5.25% in 2005 to 7.25% in 2007 and the yield on 10-year ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... Lonsec's portfolio construction expertise to strategically allocate assets to yield income in an era of prolonged low interest rates. The Income ETF Model Portfolio will have greater exposure to Australian equities versus global equities in comparison ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... could perhaps still qualify for the age pension." Theobald said the new trend had been spawn from decades of low interest rates and people gearing their investments to the max, locking younger generations out of the property market with high prices. ...