Feature Stories

Recession or recovery? The global economy is on a knife edge heading into 2020, due to ongoing uncertainties meeting renewed central bank support. How should investors greet the New Year?

In the wake of bank reporting season, disappointed brokers cannot see how dividend levels can be sustained given the gale force headwinds blowing in FY20.

Saxo Bank suggests the failure of a decade of monetary policy experimentation will lead the world into recession despite the lowest rates in history. It will begin with US dollar intervention.

A comprehensive assessment of the August 2019 reporting season that might have been the worst since the GFC, but central bankers cutting rates provided ongoing support.

The February result season was one of the worst on record. The August result season actually was the worst on record.

The Royal Commission has changed the face of Australian banking, the housing market bust has killed loan demand, and ever lower RBA rates are not much helping. Nor are increasing capital requirements.

The skies have cleared a little for Australia’s housing market, and the cash rate is falling. Are bank dividends worth the risk?

Thanks to a surprise election win, a surprise APRA announcement and a big hint from the RBA, the skies are suddenly looking a lot brighter for Australia’s banks. But have the fundamentals really changed?

The evidence is in: QE hasn’t worked. How now to stem the global slowdown when all options have been exhausted?

Regulatory scrutiny, political scrutiny, increased competition, a plunging housing market and a recalcitrant neighbour all add up to a grim outlook for Australian banks.