Our share market has been a robust performer of late, managing to put behind it the precipitous declines that spooked other investors at the start of the year. The ASX200 is now in positive territory for 2016 to the tune of 3% (including dividends), and has in...
The March quarter was,to borrow a football analogy,a game of two halves.In our January commentary we addressed some of the concerns in the market about the spike in volatility,and pleasingly many of these have abated significantly in the latter half of February and through March.The...
The calendar year just completed saw the Australian economy grow by 3.0%. Not only did the final quarter growth for 2015 beat expectations, but the Q3 growth was revised up, and in their comments on the data economists from ANZ Bank said the detail was better...
A discretionary family trust is structure to hold assets in the name of an entity on behalf of family members. A trustee is appointed to manage the trust and the assets are all registered in the trustee’s name and are held by the trustee on behalf...
Most people assumed that given the age difference between Lawrence and myself (15 years) that I was his mentor. But I learnt at least as much from Lawrence as he did from me....
Just how volatile have markets been in the first weeks of 2016? With a little explanation, hopefully the above pictures will prove their worth to be at least as good as the metaphorical thousand words. On the left hand side we have the ASX200 and on the...