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Doubts over gold as hedging strategy
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Doubts over gold as hedging strategy
Going long on gold within your portfolio as a hedge against uncertainty in markets, economics and politics may not be the best strategy right now,...
Glenn Freeman with AAP | 30 November 2018
Frenzy in old media, NBN dystopia and a2 milking fantasia
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Frenzy in old media, NBN dystopia and a2 milking fantasia
The unrelenting pace of digital disruption is causing unprecedented changes in media consumption and a wave of consolidation.
Brian Han | 20 September 2018
Scott and Josh take note: our strategic assets are off limits
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Scott and Josh take note: our strategic assets are off limits
A successful bid for APA would relinquish key energy assets forever and funnel profits to China and Hong Kong - a tragedy in the making that Canberra...
Peter Warnes | 14 September 2018
Australia’s GDP growth surges, but no let-up in cost-of-living pressure
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Australia’s GDP growth surges, but no let-up in cost-of-living pressure
Investors should look through the windscreen rather than the rear-vision mirror because few believe Australia's 3.4pc growth rate is sustainable.
Peter Warnes | 07 September 2018
Corporate leaders should take up the fight on super rules
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Corporate leaders should take up the fight on super rules
Governments on both sides have meddled with super rules and you can be sure they will continue to raid the superannuation savings of Australians.
Peter Warnes | 31 August 2018
More interference on the Fed's long road to normalisation
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More interference on the Fed's long road to normalisation
It will be a rough ride but the Fed must exert its independence to stem inflation pressures and the onset of widespread tariff increases.
Peter Warnes | 24 August 2018
Trump's bullying tactics could backfire
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Trump's bullying tactics could backfire
Tariffs will raise the cost of goods and push inflation to levels not seen in the US for some time, says an old Republican friend.
Peter Warnes | 16 August 2018
Business leaders talk big but do little as households do the lifting
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Business leaders talk big but do little as households do the lifting
There is a disconnect between the level of confidence among Australia's business leaders and the demand for business credit.
Peter Warnes | 10 August 2018
Turnbull shunned as voters face more fiscal folly under Shorten
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Turnbull shunned as voters face more fiscal folly under Shorten
With a Labor victory increasingly certain, taxes look set to be raised and self-funded retirees rounded up to support the cause.
Peter Warnes | 03 August 2018
The Fed must ignore Trump's monetary policy meddling
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The Fed must ignore Trump's monetary policy meddling
Spare a thought for Fed chief Jerome Powell who has to deal with a president who knows everything and listens to nobody.
Peter Warnes | 26 July 2018