Investment Articles & Insights

The typical CEO is around 50 years of age, and stays in the position for an average of five years. Then there’s Warren Buffett. Buffett will turn 93 this August, and he’s held the top job at Berkshire Hathaway for over half a century.

You’ve heard it all before – young people saying they’re priced out of the housing market because Baby Boomers and their Gen X partners in crime own all the good property. In response, plenty of older people argue that it’s always been a slog to buy a house, often pointing to 17% mortgage rates in the early 1990s.

How the ball point pen killed an industry (Or how booms usually end in a bust)

Unsure if TikTok is right for your digital marketing? Does it work for investment content covering retirement planning, ETFs, mortgages, government schemes, home insurance and hedge funds? Because TikTok is now more than just fitness, entertainment, and cat videos.

Wholesale private credit products offer investors access to unique and attractive investment opportunities not usually available to the retail investor market. Because wholesale products don’t provide investors with the same consumer protection as retail funds, it’s important to review the offer document in full and seek advice if required.

Concern about increasing inflation has led to a surge in the prices of fine and rare wines as investors flock to this inflation hedge.

Last May, the Reserve Bank shattered the optimistic view held by some that interest rates would stay low forever (or at least a few more years). The bank has raised the official cash rate eight times in eight months, and lenders have been quick to follow with mortgage rate rises of their own.

Some years ago, when the Aussie Dollar was trading at $0.88, a number of leading economists were asked for their twelve-month forecasts. One confidently said our dollar would reach parity with the US dollar within a year. Instead, the AUD finished the year 34 per cent down at $0.58. Making economic predictions is fraught with peril. Economics is more art than science, and a modern economy has many moving parts that don’t always behave rationally. Still, looking ahead in 2023, there are some things we can reasonably expect.