Commonwealth Bank researchers believe long-running USD structural depreciation combined with building AUD structural appreciation makes for a decade ahead of a higher AUD-USD exchange rate.
In one fell swoop, Japan has changed everything, with significant ramifications for Australia’s existing and proposed LNG production. Is it a game-changer?
Inequitable and destructive or simply part of the evolutionary process? The what, why and wherefore of HFT.
Managed property remains a popular investment in Australia, but listed REITs are not the only form of managed property investment.
The current “price of oil” is not US$85 per barrel, it’s over US$100 per barrel. That’s because the West Texas Intermediate price is no longer a valid indicator.
Some scientists believe there exist longer scale wet/dry cycles which overlay the shorter El Nino/La Nina cycles and that we may have just come out of a decades of dry and into decades of wet. This could mean more “Brisbanes” over the next twenty plus years.
Local and international economists discuss their expectations for 2011.
Gerry Harvey fears Christmas might be dreadful for retailers. Australia’s economy continues to fracture into mining and energy on the one hand and everyone else on the other. And everyone else is slipping further behind.
Debate over the advantages and risks of a rapidly growing exchange-traded fund market have begun to rage in the US. Could we be heading down another path to disaster?
The market is concerned the big Australian banks are not the investment proposition they once were, and that margins will come under further pressure. Not all analysts agree.
