Economy
The Lucky Country
There’s some clear gaps between Australia and the rest of the world which show we may emerge from this period of global misery better than most nations 7 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Back in […]
Economy
Out of options on RBA rates
Given the gloomy coronavirus outlook the Reserve Bank could keep Australia’s historic low cash rate at 0.25% for the next three years 5 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital As widely expected, at its May meeting […]
Economy
Too small to fail?
Coronavirus economic support has seen governments throw lifelines to businesses “too big to fail” but will it reach SMEs across Asia? 5 May 2020 | Kenneth Kang and Changyong Rhee, IMF Asia was hit hard […]
Finance
Essentially still bad news for the markets
While shares rose strongly early in the past week, they then fell sharply on the back of bad economic data, profit warnings, China-US tensions and profit taking after very strong gains in April 3 May […]
News
Should China be alone in facing an investigation?
The world is entitled to know the origins of COVID-19 and exactly how the outbreak was handled… by EVERY major nation 2 May 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Thanks to a virus, transported in droplets just 0.005 […]
Comment
Turnbull says no Huawei “smoking gun”
Huawei Australia lawyers Nick Xenophon and Mark Davis report that Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir reveals no “smoking gun” to ban Huawei 5G on national security grounds. 1 May 2020 | Nick Xenophon & Mark Davis Since Huawei was banned by […]
Property
Housing values just avoid dark clouds as market activity takes a dive
Real estate data group, CoreLogic reports Australian housing values did not see a material decline in April, despite weak market activity and consumer sentiment 1 May 2020 | Staff Writers/CoreLogic release Although most regions recorded […]
Finance
There’s no short-term “super-size”
Why superannuation and growth assets have to be seen as long-term investments 29 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital When share markets plunge as they did into March the standard questions are: What caused the fall? […]
Comment
Has Australia finally embraced socialism?
Chinese business is under constant suspicion of trying to peddle influence in Australia, yet 15 out of Australia’s biggest 20 listed-companies are majority owned by US investors. Michael West asks who are the benefactors of […]
Economy
Australia’s big question. Open up or stay shut down?
A split between the nation’s economists is emerging over the immediate future of Australia’s COVID-19 lock-down 28 April 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Mitchell Luo) Australia continues to defy the trend of major first-world nations, […]
Finance
Will listed sanitiser stocks clean up, or clean out, investors?
Tim Boreham writes, producers with even a whiff of alcohol are turning their hands to the, highly profitable for now, cause of sanitising yours 23 April 2020 | Tim Boreham, New Criterion (Image: Kelly Sikkema) […]
Comment
Who says China should pay?
The idea of making China pay COVID-19 reparations is just as absurd as the people making those calls 23 April 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Annie Spratt) The history of the last century of global conflict […]
Culture
Transforming luxury brands into a digital experience
There are lessons for global consumer brands targeting Chinese consumers amidst the coronavirus disruption 21 April 2020 | Ruonan Zheng, Jing Daily As COVID-19 spreads around the world at unprecedented speeds, major luxury players have to react […]
Comment
With US and OPEC interests merging what should Asia-Pacific do?
Oil prices have had their biggest fall in two decades, storage capacity is running out and demand has been emaciated by COVID-19 20 April 2020, Roc Xunpeng Shi, UTS Even after OPEC+ approved its biggest-ever […]
Finance
Curve flattening but world still seeking shelter
Australia has seen positive signs emerging over COVID-19 infection rates but the prospect of an easing of lockdowns is tempered by dismal economic signals 10 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Alex Block) Share markets, […]