And there goes the 2022 financial year. It flew by at the blink of an eye. A pandemic, a few supply-chain disruptions, a war in Europe, rising energy prices, climate change and soaring inflation. What more could you ask?
Fraudsters are using new and evolved tactics to target a change in consumer behaviour brought on by the pandemic. One Australian bank has taken up the challenge to catch fraudsters at their own game.
For Australian investors, the value of fully franked dividends will play a bigger part in client portfolios as dividend payments return to pre-pandemic levels. But that all depends on whether Australia has a soft or hard landing.
It’s pretty much guaranteed that the RBA will keep lifting interest rates in a bid to curb inflation. So, what does that mean for the Australian property market?
Crypto markets were dealt another blow following the demise of crypto broker Voyager Digital. The company has filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the latest domino to fall in the beleaguered digital-asset market.
Following the reopening of global markets post-Covid, there was a sudden change in macro-economic conditions caused by massive stimulus spending and supply constraints, and central bankers were caught asleep at the wheel while inflation surged in the background. Central bankers are now talking tough.
While gold has long been regarded as the “safe haven” asset during times of fear and peak volatility, the investment team at ETF Securities has highlighted a group of investment assets that share similar qualities to that of gold, allowing the same safe-haven status.
Share trading platform eToro was able to show which global companies recorded the biggest increase and decrease in shareholders on its platform during Q2. Here are the top and bottom ten companies.
Morningstar has released its Best Stock Ideas, which highlight the top Australian and New Zealand companies that are trading at a discount to their fair valuations. This month it has 15 companies in its list having added Fineos Corporate Holdings and Newcrest Mining.
While central banks around the world move to combat rising inflation through the aggressive hiking of interest rates, the knock-on effect has been broad-based sell-offs in global share markets as investors rotate away from risk assets into safer assets. At the same time, there has also been a sell-off in bond markets which has seen prices fall and yields rise higher.
